A stingy old lawyer who had been diagnosed with a terminal illness was determined to prove wrong the old saying, “You can’t take it with you.”
It took many, many years for me to understand that life is about eternity, not about time. And the essence of Christianity is eternal life in heaven. Those who reject Christianity are those who do not understand, nor accept, the idea of eternal life. Life on earth is so real to these unbelievers, so immediate, so visual and touchable that it becomes nearly impossible for them to imagine or consider anything spiritual. And what is so chilling to me is that these folks who reject eternal life and Christianity are the same folks who believe they will live a long life, and death for them, is just a distant and obscure appointment. Total disrespect for the power of death.
On the eve of the of the “Great Depression,” a Valley couple decided that it was a good time to journey across the country to New York.
Note: I haven’t published one of these flying columns in a while, but since it’s deadline day, and I’m short of original content, and still have five or six original stories to write this week, I thought, why not publish an old flying column.
The skies just finished dropping some good rain in South Texas, the fire ants are getting ready to hit the ground running, so it’s time again, for our annual Nature Column focusing on the nasty fire ant.
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