I had a dream about Heaven last night

It never occurred to me that I was either dead or raptured when I took my first step in heaven. I was completely at peace and all excited that I was about to see Jesus. All my possessions that were left behind did not matter at all. The things that I was worrying about just hours before never entered my mind.

The troubles and hardships at work I never thought of once. The price of gas which will cause our economy here in the United States to crash again suddenly was a little thing. The wars and rumors of wars around the world was unimportant. My wife's health was completely out of my control (as if I ever had any control).

I was in Heaven! It reminded me of the time that I was on mission in Africa and I was standing in the middle of the Great Riff Valley, looking around at the vastness of the Masai Mara, with thousands of God's creatures all around me and the sun was about to sit, the awe of it all filled me completely. I didn't know what to say then and I was speechless now.

When I think of "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem" which I do every night, I realize that this is the peace that I pray for. Not man's peace that is good today and gone tomorrow but the true peace that God supplies. I was feeling this peace. You know, I believe that if we really, really trust that God is in control and that we should completely trust in Him and Him alone, we would experience a form of this peace.

I'm going to see Jesus! I'm going to see Jesus! I kept telling myself. Then I woke up. One of these day, just wait, one of these days!

"Come Lord Jesus!"

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The Road to the Cross

In Mark chapter 14 we see that Jesus goes into a garden area of the Mount of Olives called Gethsemane and there in verse 35 it says, "He went a little farther, and fell on the ground, and prayed that if it were possible, the hour might pass from Him. And He said, "Abba"! All the angels in heaven had at least one eye on Jesus at all times now because they knew what was about to take place.

They were all on edge as they seen the day approaching for Jesus to give His life for the sins of man. When Jesus cried "Abba"! I can just imagine that millions and millions of angels rushing at one time to come to His aide but was stopped by the hand of God the Father. It must have been like hitting a glass wall that kept them from going any closer to the Son of God. They no doubt were on edge and would go in force at the lowering of the hand of God.

After His first prayer he goes and finds Peter, James and John sleeping and tells them to watch and pray. The angels just shake their heads. He goes off the second time and prays again the same words, "Abba"! The angels lunge forward to the aide of Jesus and again is stopped by the Word of God the Father, "No". Like a moth that hits the windshield of a car they are stopped.

Then a third time Jesus prays the same words but this time God the Father stops the angels with just the look of His eyes. They want to go so bad and there is a great moaning sound heard through out all of heaven. You could hear the sound of speeding heart beats and the fidgeting of their feet but for now they must wait.

This is part One of a fictional story that I wrote about the days leading up to the Cross. I will post other parts in the "comments" so feel free to check back often. Please click on the "time" that I post the comment.

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Satan had a chat with me today!

While out on a 4 mile run this afternoon a, let me say voice, kept asking me questions. I was not born or let me say born again yesterday. I knew immediately who this voice was. It was Satan, the ole devil. To my knowledge he does not come by very often. I guess I am not that very important.

I am use to getting asked questions. My wife ask me questions all the time. I am also use to not answering questions. My wife ask so many that I don't have time to answer them all. Today the questions came one right after another. I remembered when Jesus had to listen to Satan in the wilderness. He only answered with scriptures.

Satan brought up past sins that I had committed. Not the white lies or the sins of omission but the ones that make me cringe each time I think about them. Sins that if done by others I would condemn.

Satan asked about the time I sinned by ****? (I cringed) "Forgiven!" Ephesians 1:7 says, "In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace."

And over and over again he would ask about another time when I had failed God miserably and my only answer was "Forgiven". I know in my heart that I am a sinner, one of the worst but God has saved me through His Son because of His amazing grace.

In these last days, I think it wise for us to remember the amazing grace of God our Maker and give Him much praise.

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My Pond

I have always wanted a pond or lake built on my property. I have lots of land but no water. Well, today my pond was finished. It is about an acre in size and is 10 to 14 feet deep. It will take a long time to fill up.

I still have lots of work to do. I will plant grass around the outsides. For a background I will plant lots of evergreen trees. I believe one day it will be a beautiful thing to look at.

I will stock it with lots of fish. Bass, bream, and catfish will be the main fish I stock. I will also stock it with minnows. Hopefully it will be a place where my wife can go fishing and not get board. If she is not catching one every 2 minutes she gets board.




I thank the Lord for this pond. He has blessed me toooo much over the years. I praise Him for His goodness on my wife and me. What a joy it is to see God's blessings and to appreciate them.

I don't know if you can see the high spot but that will be a place for a carport and picnic table. I'm so excite about working to make the pond a beautiful place.

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What a recovery!

As my wife recovers from her brain surgery earlier this year I am still amazed at her progress. Here in this picture Dale and our daughter Andrea are running a 5K race. She has ran several races this fall and continues to improve.

Three cancer spots on her liver, one on her hip, two on her spine and the two tumors on her brain and the last time Dale was checked (cat scans, mri, test of all kinds) no cancer was found at all.

Want to see a miracle? Look at the picture.

"Thank You Lord Jesus for Dale's healing."

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alight's hummingbirds

I have been feeding hummingbirds for years. This year I got a new feeder and started mixing up my own nectar. I use 3 parts water and 1 part sugar. They like it! I go through a quart and one half each day. Kind of gets a little on the expensive side but they are worth it. I so enjoy watching them. They are so use to me that I can sit down right beside the feeder and they come back in flocks.

It is getting late in the season and now they are feeding more in preparation for their long flight south. I know I have at least 15, probably more. I also have another feeded over to one side.

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Davis Homegrown Triathlon 2010

I put some pictures together of a triathlon that my family put on this July. It was way more work than I expected but worth it all. Will I ever do it again? We will see.

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P. S. Dale did great in the 1/4 mile swim. Now she is running again. The last CAT scan showed no spots in her liver!!!!!

Some good news!

Dale finally had enough with her oncologist. His bedside manner was like hugging a porcupine. He just would not listen when we would tell him things. When he missed the tumor growing in her brain, knowing that his chemo would not pass the brain/body blood barrier, well that done it.

We did our research and came up with a new oncologist. She specializes in breast cancer and is highly recommended. When Dale told her brain surgeon that she had changed doctors to this new one he said, “Major upgrade!”

Today my sweetie got the best news ever. She was so excited when I talked to her. I was at work and when I called her to check on her day I knew before she even told me that I was in for a treat. I was not let down!

Her CT scan showed NO sign of cancer in her liver!! There was 3 and now there is none, zero. Her first oncologist said that there was no cure. That she was wanting her cake and eat it too. He told her and us time and time again that her days were numbered.

I still wonder if all the chemo she has taken has done any good. I truly believe that the Lord is working miracles in her life. The three spots in her bones are still there so we must keep praying and hoping for more miracles. Two months ago Dale could walk to the mailbox and back and have to take a 2 hour nap. Now she is swimming ¼ mile in right at 11 minutes.

Praise the Lord God Almighty!

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Davis Homegrown Triathlon

On July 24th our family will be putting on a local triathlon. There will be around 15 people doing the 1/4 mile swim, 13 mile bike ride and 5K run. The days event will start at 7:00am will the triathletes setting up their transition areas and getting their race packets.

There is no charge for this race. It is our first triathlon and if all goes well we will make it an annual event. You would not believe all the effort put into this race. We have tried to think of everything and I believe the racers will be impressed.

With the finishing touches being completed Friday all will be set. Dale will be doing the swimming leg of the race and then she will be helping with the race. Andrea will will be doing the whole race and I will be in my kayak, pickup and at the finish line.

It will be a hot day and the bike ride has one long hill but I believe it will be fun. I like planning stuff and am excited about putting this on. With all the mission trips that I have planned it has helped me to plan this one no doubt.

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Tennessee's Hurricane Katrina

As I check my rain gauge for the last time the total was 14.8 inches. All this rain came in a 1 1/2 days. I live on West Trace "CREEK" Road here in Waverly Tennessee. Needless to say the creek turned into a river. It flooded hundreds of homes up and down the creek. I live kind a on a hill so I was safe from the creek but not many houses can stand that much rain.

The drain pipe around the foundation of my home could not take any more load and water seeped into the basement. I did pump it out and today it is all dry. Not so lucky for my church basement. I sent all morning today tearing up carpet and hauling it off.

As I watched the Nashville news I could only think of Hurricane Katrina. Middle and West Tennessee was flooded all over. No telling how many thousands of home where standing in water. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District said that this was a once in one thousand years occurrence. I hope so.

My wife, daughter and son-in-law ran a race that morning an hour south of here. So many roads were closed that it took them over 5 hours to get back home. My daughter and son-in-law spent the night with us because there was no way they could get back home in Nashville. The next morning at 8:00am they start home. At 7:00pm a boat picks them up on I40 (Interstate) and carries them to a Humvee waiting to carry them to a Red cross shelter. Nashville is only an hour and 15 minutes from my home.

We will be weeks, no months recovering from this disaster. We have so much water that our rivers will be weeks getting back down to normal, barring no more heavy rains.

God says in the last days there will be all kinds of natural disasters, wars and rumors of wars, signs in the heavens and on earth as never seen before. Hmm, everywhere I look these days I am seeing such things. Could it be?

Blessings,

alight