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December 25, 2019 by James Thacher | Category: Mud Pies and Memories | Tags: love, God, Jesus, instructions, directions, guide
What does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8b, NIV) My lovely wife, who is also a registered nurse, had a serious operation on her back a while back. After the surgery and when she left the hospital, I became responsible for her post-operative care. I'm not a nurse nor do I have the basic knowledge to be ...
Keep ReadingDecember 17, 2019 by James Thacher | Category: Mud Pies and Memories | Tags: love, God, Missionary, Jesus, death, Acua, tribes, Ecuador
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. (Psalm 91:1, KJV) From this Bible verse Elisabeth Elliot chose the title Shadow of the Almighty for a book that profoundly affected my life. She compiled a biography in 1958 of her husband, a missionary to the Indian tribes of Ecuador. You may remember the movie "End of the...
Keep ReadingOctober 22, 2019 by James Thacher | Category: Mud Pies and Memories | Tags: AWANA, love, God, Jesus, salvation, generation, lost, lost generation
Telling the generations to come the praises of the LORD, and His strength and His wonderful works that He has done. (Psalm 78:4 NKJV) I know we all hear and have heard many comments regarding our younger generations, such as "The world is going downhill rapidly. The present generation is on a destructive path." The media complex, the new explosion of social media accent...
Keep ReadingJune 4, 2019 by James Thacher | Category: Mud Pies and Memories | Tags: love, God, Marriage, Jesus, kids, Kiss, first kiss
My wife and I made a commitment to share our fist kiss during our wedding, Thank God for his strength and his honor, we did share our first kiss during our wedding....
Keep ReadingJune 2, 2019 by James Thacher | Category: Mud Pies and Memories | Tags: 9/11, love, Patience, fog, distance, waiting, courtship
I will seek the one I love. (Song of Solomon 3:2 NKJV) Ealry on in my carrer I worked the evening shift in a chemical engineering plant in Wilmington, Delaware. During this time I was also courting Pauline, who became my wife, I know, I am a romantic! and one night she borrowed my car and was going to pick me up when my shift was done. A deep fog had settled over the ar...
Keep ReadingMay 14, 2019 by James Thacher | Category: Mud Pies and Memories | Tags: 9/11, Life, graduation, military, service, United States Army
Are you an over achiever? Do you know when to stop? Do you know how to delegate tasks to others?...
Keep ReadingApril 16, 2019 by James Thacher | Category: Mud Pies and Memories | Tags: love, God, Life, eternal life, Jesus, salvation, plan
All things work together for good to those who love God. (Romans 8:28 NKJV) As a high school senior I had my heart set on an engineering career as my future goal. I had passed and met all the academic requirements for a Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarship. The only thing I needed to do was pass the physical. I had an excellent chance for a full scholarship, f...
Keep ReadingApril 2, 2019 by James Thacher | Category: Mud Pies and Memories | Tags: love, God, Jesus, Mud, mud pies, pies, dirt, digging,
We are a product of our life experiences, what can one learn from making mud pies as a child? Read more to find out!...
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