Category Archives: Religion
ADAPTING TO A CIVILIZED WORLD. How the world has changed #32
There are many changes that has occurred in the nearly 70 years of living and this is just a few ways that I personally have had to adapt to a more civilized society. Although this is a personal testimony, most … Continue reading
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HOW WE SURVIVED THE INSECT WORLD. How the world has changed # 31
Today many insects ore still around, but our houses are built so that we can fairly well keep most insects out, however, because of our open door policy (huge cracks everywhere) insects of all kind inside the house were a … Continue reading
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IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? How the world has changed #30
Today it seems that if we get the sniffles that we go or take our kids to the doctor. It was not that way when I was growing up. If you went to the doctor, you must have been dying … Continue reading
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THE HILL KEEPS GETTING FARTHER AWAY. How the world has changed # 29
I remember as a young man that I considered a person that was thirty years old to be over the hill, however the hill gets farther away the older I get. In fact, thirty seems very young now that … Continue reading
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LOWERING THE QUILTING FRAME. How the world has changed #28
One of the things that were in nearly every home when I was growing up, was a quilting frame that usually hung by ropes on each corner above the parent’s bed so that it could be lowered when needed then … Continue reading
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MY DAYS BEHIND THE MULE. How the world has changed #27
This will probably come as a culture shock, but before the invention of the modern tractors, people farmed with mules, horses or even oxen. In our case we used a mule to plow our fields and work our crops. … Continue reading
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HAULING HAY THE HOTTEST JOB EVER. How the world has changed # 25
You didn’t have to be crazy to haul hay on a hot summer day, but it helped. It was one of the hottest jobs that you could find and by far the itchiest. In a very short time, the dust … Continue reading
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THE BORDERING SYSTEM. How the world has changed #24
One of the ways folks survived in the past was by using the “Bordering system,” or trading for things that they needed. The reason this system was so widely used and worked to everyone’s advantage, was two fold. First most … Continue reading
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OUR GREATEST PRIVILEGE:
The time to vote for “President of the U.S.A.” for the next four years has recently passed. If our choice happened to win, then we can be proud that our vote helped. Perhaps the one who won may feel honored … Continue reading
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WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION
I grew up thinking that these verses taught that we were to work for our salvation. I am sure that it was partly because of my ignorance, but in recent years I have learned differently. All we need to do … Continue reading
