Jack’s Winning Words  10/11/22

“Life is a series of moments.”  (Cecelia Ahern)   Blog reader, Joe Ann, introduce me to  Cecelia, who authored the novel, “How To Fall in Love.”  Not that it’s a commentary on the book, but I see falling in love as a series of moments.  Maybe it’s the moment you catch a glimpse of someone.  A friend of mine, at age 16, told his mom that he had seen  the girl he was going to marry someday, and it turned out to be a true- one of those moments.  There was a moment when I decided to become a pastor.  I recall it vividly.  Have you had a “moment” in your life when something out of the ordinary happened?  Call it it what you like.  Call it God..  I think that there’s truth in the hymn, “Our times are in Thy, O Lord.”  ;-)  Jack 

FROM ST PAUL:  Those moments refreshed many times when 'Shut In With God!" 0;-)  Shut in with God  in a secret place;  There in the Spirit  beholding His face;   Gaining more Power  to run in the race,  I love to be  shut in with God.===JACK:  Remembering back....there were several times when it was just "My God and I."===SP:  i was 99% sure i wanted to marry Margaret after just one date!===JACK:  I wonder what her feeling was after that first date?===SP:  she was going with some other guy named Doug at the time but i must have talked her into "dumping Doug".   i think we were both bitten rather badly by the Love Bug by our 3rd or 4th date:):)   we were engaged 6 weeks after we met.   wowsers!===JACK:  In high school we had a word for people like you..."Watch out for him.  He's FAST>"===SP:  well,  i wasn't "fast" with my hands;  only with my heart!:):)===JACK:  ...and with your mouth (voice), too.===SP:  well,  i did do some "sweet talking" to convince her that i was the ONE and the ONLY for her!:):)===JACK:  You rascal, you!

   FROM FACEBOOK LIZ:  yes! a series of moments.===JACK:  IMO, there's a softer side of you that, for one reason or another, is not publicly seen. ..===LIZ:  it's seen often when you know where to look.bbmy seemingly hardline stances are based in true kindness... i believe in giving every human being the gift of worth and self-pride. i am even friends w/RICH PEOPLE, whom are loathed bc of what they have, not for anything they've done, necessarily.  when we quit seeing color and money, we'll have arrived! 🍸===JACK:  You get to the rea; banana when you remove the peeling.

FROM DAZ IN COLORADO:  Some of those moments that I remember were miracles.===JACK:  Miracles are not  confined to the pages of the Bible.  Life has certainly been active in your life....and mine.