Putting Sharks And Problems In Their Place

by Kevin Burton     My good friend Tracy sends out riddles and brain-teasers that challenge the mind, thoughts that make me ponder.    This one made me laugh out loud.    It was a trick question, under the heading “Drowning”:    “Imagine you are in a sinking rowboat surrounded by sharks. How would you survive?” …

Tribulation Is Part Of God’s Plan For Believers

by Kevin Burton    I just created my 32nd set of memory verses. On a good day I can recite most of the verses on the first try. But today my mind is on one I would rather forget.    Acts 14:22 is the fourth verse in the set I have on index cards with …

Craving Comfort, Needing Courage In Christ

by Kevin Burton    If I were a computer, my memory verses would stay memorized. But I am not a computer.    So I have to review the verses to keep them in my mental and my heart’s rolodex. One error I had been making, now has me thinking.    The verse is John 16:33, …

Quiet Mornings With God, In My Corner

by Kevin Burton    There is a recliner in my corner, beaten, battered and blue.    On the night I received the keys to the Mancave I was told by the proprietor, “You can get rid of that.” But I kept the chair because it was beaten, battered and blue.    You see my late …

My Prayer To God In His Good Morning

by Kevin Burton    What can I say about the morning that poets through the centuries haven’t already said, much better than I can?    And what could I tell you about the morning that you don’t already hold in your innermost heart?    Answer to both: nothing.    With our heads, we know that …

Rubber Bands, An Inelastic Purchase?

by Kevin Burton    It hurt my heart to do it, but I did it, last week. Something I thought I would never do.    Along with the eggs and bacon and paper plates, and the baking stuff my wife Jeannette got, I also, purchased, rubber bands.    Still can’t believe it. But there it …

New Kitties Alter Household Routine

by Kevin Burton    Does anyone make “kitty on board’ stickers the way they make ones for “baby on board?  If so, I might need one as a reminder.    Our house had been cat-less for two years before we adopted 11-year-old Gabbie and 6-year-old Ronnie last month from Save the Kitties, a cat rescue …

Tips For How To Memorize Scripture

by Kevin Burton    Last Friday I wrote about the importance of memorizing scripture. Today I want to pass along some tips for how to go about it.    There is no shortage of advice to be found on the net about this. I hope you find at least one or two of these helpful. …