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 Games of Life     by Danny C. Wash                                                                                                                    Oh, for the days of Red Rover-Red Rover, Dodge Ball,  Mother-May I, Hide & Seek, Tag-Your It, Musical Chairs,  Simon Says, Kick the Can, Hopscotch, Keep Away, Blind Man’s  Bluff, Jacks, Marbles, Annie-Over, Hot & Cold, Jump Rope, Leap Frog,  Red Light-Green Light, Pin the Tail on the Donkey, Rock-Paper-Scissors Most of these games of our childhood were played outside and with our neighborhood friends.  Billy would shout, “Red Rover-Red Rover let...

 SixtyYears                                                           (On Our Anniversary 8/22/24)  by Danny C. Wash                                                                                                                      It’s been sixty years since we said “I do.” That’s lots of years & we’re not through. Many memories we have made of me & you. Teenagers in love not thinking of the years. Not worrying about those coming joys or tear...

  The Ancient Mediator                                                                           by Danny C. Wash     The Ancient Mediator is what he’s called. After all these years he still stands tall. Doing his best at resolving cases everyday, The Ancient One lets nothing stand in his way. Don’t want to settle for a million you say. Go stand in the corner and think until you pay. Believe you can win at trial without delay, You may be crying in the courtroom someday. The Old One is the master of doubt & doom for your case. Think what could happen when you stand in disgrace. What is that circling your case, is that an Eagle or an Albatross? Perhaps a jury with a big verdict or is your case out of court to be flung?  The Ancient One’s work i...

 The Search                                                           by Danny C. Wash I climbed a mountain high that took me up into the sky -but I did not find it there. I came down into a valley low to see what I could find below -but I did not find it there. I crossed the desert far following nothing but a star -but I did not find it there. I sailed across a very deep sea searching for what would satisfy me. -but I did not find it there. Where could there be peace of mind, which is what I was seeking to find. All this time that I did seek and roam there was no need to even leave my home,  for the answer was in the Savior’s vineyard. To abide in His vine & receive the reward.

 Life is Hard but God is Good                                                 By Danny C. Wash Life is hard but God is good. The strong wind blows trouble to accomplish what it should; sometimes His acts are not so subtle and they explode our comfortable world with torrential rain smashing at our hope and then the wind comes & away it’s hurled. His acts & ways are beyond our scope, blowing with force as our life is swirled about here and there with seeming chance. God has said that He created the destroyer to ruin, but He also said that He will save us, not test us beyond our limit to endure, and if  we trust Him, and are seeking his will He weaves  all things together for our good. But, how good  does it seem when you are clinging to a board from  your destroyed and sinking ship of life. That’s  when faith...

 The Bridge of Forgetfulness     by Danny C. Wash                                                                                                                              As I drive my car across the bridge out of my day and into the night, each problem of the day swirls up like  smoke from a smoldering campfire. The iridescent colors of the trees changing  as I pass, calm my troubling thoughts as a  large egret erupts from the trees and lets her  wings lift her upward from the nest. Like  the bird, the problems of my day also begin  flying from my mind, as I leave ...

From “The Gospel of God”                                                         by Watchman Nee What is Christianity? Christianity does not tell the sons of Adam to do good. That is not Christianity. Christianity says that Adam has been crucified and removed and that the Adamic race has been annihilated through the cross of the Lord Jesus. Man in Christ receives a new life and becomes a new race. The law is useless for the new race, for there is no such thing as law in the new race. The law was given by God to the sons of Adam to expose their sins. If one wants to be saved through keeping the law, he has to realize the serious consequence of the phrase keeping the law. Once man keeps the law, he will have righteousness. But this righteousness would be of the flesh. In other words, it would mean that the sons of Adam,...

Limericks                                                            by Danny C. Wash The Young Lady from France There was a young lady from France who wore a dress and pink underpants when she would spin and twirl and dance and whirl the boys would all fall into a trance Old Age My age is beginning to show because I’m starting to slow my hair is now gray so what more can I say but hello to old age where I go. The Toy Boa t When I was but a young boy I had a small boat for a toy and in my bath with it I would play until it did sink under the water one day and was then no longer there to enjoy. A Dog Named Spot There once was a big dog named Spot who was white with lots of brown dots All the people said how strange does that dog have the mange No, but he does roll in the mud a lot. 

  At My Feet                                                           by Danny C. Wash When he was but a puppy stumbling and jumping around he would follow me everywhere in and around my feet almost tangling into them but as he grew he simply walked behind me no matter where, as if a string connected us, that pulled  him along the path to the bedroom, the kitchen and yes, even the bathroom. Always watching me, seeking approval, a hand patting his head or back constantly looking with the loyalty of a slave whose  only thought was to please and be with me  laying at my feet as if in worship and then  as we grew older together he slowed some  but would still struggle to climb up the stairs  so that he could lay at my feet and sleep and  then there was that night that he came cl...

  Jack and Jill Out of Gas                                          by Danny C. Wash Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pale of $4 gasoline but their money it was very lean and down they rolled with nil. Jill said why don’t we ride the bus. Jack headed for the corner to wait and sit on the bench with his mate,  how to get money they did discuss.  Jack asked Jill if she had any more, but in her purse were only pennies four, realizing that money they had none so the riding of the bus was not done. And that’s the sad story of Jack and Jill having no funds which is not so funny and are not able their gas tank to fill until Jack gets his pay and has some money.

 The Thorn Tree                                               by Danny C. Wash The thorn crown is on my head. Blood trickles down into my eyes, burning like fire. I can feel my heart pounding and I can hardly breath. Each breath requires me to lift myself up a little in order to breath and when I do I feel the pain of my feet and hands tearing a little. The soldiers have beaten me with their whips and reviled me. O, Father forgive them for they don’t know what they are doing.  The thorn pricks, dig deep and remind of the curse on all mankind  and all of the earth because of sin. Father, I take this curse upon  My head and My entire body, so that those who believe may escape  the curse of sin and death through Me. Father, I hang here on this  cross in pain, agony, and humiliation, so You may lay upon Me, the  sins o...

 Labor of Love                                                    by Danny C. Wash " To the woman He [God] said, ‘I will greatly  multiply your [Eve] pain in childbirth, in pain  you shall bring forth children...” Genesis 3:16 The childbirth labor of love was put upon Eve from above. Out of her labor pains of birth  the inhabitants of the earth were born into this domain. This curse of Eve’s birth pain was the result of her sin and was a forerunner and type of Christ’s passion & pain upon the cross as He was slain.  We were in Him by God’s favor and through His pain of labor, on the cross and His rejection, caused not by His sin but ours, we, as His body & church, were born as a new race by God’s direction onto this earth that Sunday morn in His resurrection after He was torn.

 The Obstacles of Life                                       By Danny C. Wash Forward thru the obstacles of life against the misfortunes we endure, so our battle cry into the strife may pierce the resistance as a knife in hope that our victory is sure. The enemy is our doubts and fears of failure and & the resulting pain but we must embrace the tears and learn from defeat to hold dear, as a lesson to possibly lead us to gain. What is the victory we desire? What is it you want to behold in your life to withstand the fire, that will test our work with its ire And will withstand it like gold. The finest prize we should seek, The ultimate reward to be sought can only be gained by being meek to come before our Lord as weak, trusting in His grace as we ought. The way to our Lord’s reward of “well done” is through death to our self-will & pride, by complete & ut...

 Onward Through the Fog                                   By Danny C. Wash Onward, onward through the fog of life. On the road we walk the way is not always clear. It can be full of all kinds of woe and strife. Things that go bump in the night & cause us fear How can we know whether to go left or right? If we go this way it may lead us off a cliff to a fall. Will that road lead us out of the darkness of night or perhaps we will run headlong into a brick wall. What we need is a guide through this fog to safety. Then we see perhaps a beacon shining through to us. Is this someone who will lead us that we can trust? Forward we go straight toward this beacon of hope, But what if it’s the light of a train, I thought in distrust. The way is not clear so we must learn how to cope with these uncertainties doing our best to stay upright and learn how to walk carefully on life’s tightrope; ...

  The Fire                                                           by Danny C. Wash “ F or no one can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, each one’s work  will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each one’s work. If anyone’s work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward. If anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet only so as through fire ” 1Cor. 3:11-13 The fire burning, burning, burning bright turning into smoke & ash everything in sight. Burning, burning, burning both day and night. What will we do when ...

 The Warming Sun                                           By Danny C. Wash The bright sun’s warming rays on this cold mid-winter day began 93 million miles away as the sun’s gasses leap & twirl exploding into heat & unfurl into rays of brilliant white light that shoots through miles of space into my back without leaving a trace except for the wonderful warm feeling of heat as it stirs the blood & healing of my aching stiff back from the cold. My dog looks at me standing there old in the warm sun and gives me his stare as only he can when it’s time to eat. All of this wonder around us of heat & light but all he wants is his bowl of meat. Anyway, the sun is melting into the earth, as darkness creeps in giving the cold its new birth. So, in I go turning up my furnace for all its worth.

  The Hard Part                                       by Danny C. Wash Whenever I do most anything There is always what I call, The Hard Part. If I do a plumbing repair, There is always the part when the Bolt strips, the valve doesn’t fit Or I don’t have the right tool. That’s the hard part to deal with. When trying to solve a problem And the numbers don’t come out right, That’s the hard part.  You name it, Every task seems to have a hard part and When you lick the problem and overcome The hard part, the rest is easy and it’s over. Life just has a lot of hard parts doesn’t it? You may be in a hard part right now. That’s the time when you have to decide, Am I going to find a way to victory or am I  giving up.  Finding a solution makes the reward of the task even Greater, when we persevere and triumph over The Hard Part.

  A Tale of the U.S. Mail                                         by Danny C. Wash Mail, mail our wonderful U. S. mail it arrives with the speed of a crippled snail or perhaps never and will surely fail to arrive at all winding up in mail jail or as it is also known as dead letter hail. (I know it was supposed be hell but that doesn't rhyme very well.) Oh, what a frustrating mail horror tale.

 O Lord Jesus                                                           By Danny C. Wash O Lord Jesus, O Lord Jesus, O Lord Jesus. All who call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved promises the Word of  God. Weighed down with this life’s heavy load. Call upon the name of the Lord Jesus. Mired in the slime of your chosen road. Call upon the name of the Lord Jesus. Sinking into the sea of sin and strife. Call upon the name of the Lord Jesus. Caught in the entangling sin nets of this life. Call upon the name of the Lord Jesus. Facing a challenge that seems unsolvable. Call up the name of the Lord Jesus. Looking into an outcome that looks unstoppable. Call upon the name of the Lord Jesus. Jesus said to them, “With men this is impossible but with God all things are possible.” So cry out, O Lord Jesus, O L...

  The Aromas of Life                                                 By Danny C. Wash As I lay here thinking about things, I suddenly remembered the aromas– the smells of my life. Come along with me and see what you remember, too. I can still recall when we would drive by the bread  bakery and the comforting aroma of that yeasty bread baking. The smell of movie popcorn popping in the theater lobby. The strong aroma of ground coffee when we cut open the  Folgers can. What about that smell of the Sunday pot roast. The smell of the interior of a new car. The sacred smell  of your mother ready for church. Your Dad’s Aqua Velva  after shave. Remember the teenage boys whose oily hair  smelled of Wildroot Cream-Oil or Vitalis hair oil. The gentle  sweet odor of lilacs or a field of lavender. Bacon frying anytime....