Tag Archives: endurance

Second Thoughts

Posted on September 9, 2025 by Doc Arnett

Tackling a huge project leads to second thoughts… and gratitude that God never gives up on us! Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged corrosion, endurance, God's patience, He who begun a good work in you, patience, removing old paint, repainting, repairing horse trailer, rusted metal | Comments Off

Waiting Around for the Next One

Posted on January 20, 2025 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes our snows in southern Kentucky would melt away within just a few days. If one held on for a week or more, Mom would say, “This snow is waiting around for the next one.” Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Family, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged endurance, example, frozen creek, frozen-pond, hiking, hiking-on-ice, holding on, keeping faith, old fashioned values, patience, perserverance, snow, travel, weather, winter | Comments Off

Burning Brush in August

Posted on August 13, 2024 by Doc Arnett

Standing close to a burning brush pile on a blazing hot day may make you feel cooler when you walk away, but it’s still a blazing hot day. Continue reading →

Posted in Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged abnormal, abuse, adaptation, brush pile, character, enabler, endurance, escape, fire, heat index, heat stroke, hot, misery, normal, perspective, summer, toxic relationships | Comments Off

Stronger than Cast Iron

Posted on February 17, 2021 by Doc Arnett

Cast iron is mighty strong. So is corrosion. Thankfully, we’ve been given some things stronger than both! Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged broken drain, cast iron, drains, endurance, holiness | Comments Off

Margaritaville Syndrome

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Doc Arnett

Staying with a thing even when it’s not fun or easy anymore is a useful life skill. So is the humility that lets us know when our pain is our own damn fault. Continue reading →

Posted in Exercise, Humor, Spiritual Contemplation, Sports | Tagged bike ride, biking, choice, choices, cramping, determination, endurance, exhaustion, Jimmy Buffet, Margaritaville, pain, persistence, soreness, stamina, stubbornness | Comments Off

A Change of Seasons

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Doc Arnett

This explosion of green and growth around us reminds us that there is a season of refreshing… if we do not give up during the droughts of our lives. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged blessing, change, discouragement, drought, endurance, growth, hope, perserverance, seasons, spring | Comments Off

Beyond Fire and Pain

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Doc Arnett

Even when I cannot fathom the present moment, I will trust the coming hours to him who holds all things. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, education, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged endurance, faith, fire, God's will, hope, loss, love, peace, submission, trusting God, wisdom | Comments Off

Beauty and the Beast

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Doc Arnett

If your kidneys need a good jolting, I recommend a bike road across 322nd Road, west of US-77. Rough riding aside, it’s still nice farm country. Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged biking, Cowley County KS, endurance, prairie, riding, rough pavement, wind farms | Comments Off

The Right Formula

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Doc Arnett

Doing a 35-mile bike ride without using a hydration formula proves to be a really bad idea! Like trying to endure life without relying on God’s strength… Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Exercise, Spiritual Contemplation, Sports | Tagged bike ride, Comforter, endurance, Flint Hills, God's strength, Holy Spirit, hydration formula, long bike ride, pain, recovery drink, weakness | Comments Off

Testing

Posted on July 13, 2017 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes it’s not just the heat… or the humidity… that oppresses us. How do we prove our faith even in this? Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Poetry, Prayer, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged authority, employee abuse, endurance, patience, power, praying for those who abuse us, submission, tribulation | Comments Off