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  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....

The New Year                                                     by Danny C. Wash Wake up sleeper, a new year is here what’s the matter, do you have a fear? Afraid of a big surprise, something out of nowhere? Thinking about last year as unexpected events did appear, I had some big ones & little presents but that’s just life having these events. Accept these coming events in stride because it does no good to just hide. The Bible says to place all of your  anxiety upon God –  He cares for you and we know His word is always true. So, walk bravely into life’s fog knowing that God loves & has you.

 The Wind                                                                                by Danny C. Wash Blowing, flowing, whipping, & twirling, The hard wind races through the trees, that creak and groan as their limbs bend from the power of the wind. Snap– a limb crashes to the ground. A  jagged short limb is all that remains. The wind rushes to the next tree pushing hard to break another one free from the limb loaded tree. The wind searches for weaknesses and moves on from strong limbs making them stronger by the pressure of the wind. The wind passes over, under, and around; ever searching, ever pushing, ever filling. No one has ever seen the wind, only its effects. Jesus watched the effects of the wind and said, "the win...

 The Light of the Son                                           by Danny C. Wash It may seem that in almost every way we are more sinful before God every day  as the bright light of Jesus, the Son, exposes the imperfections of everyone, which were being overlooked by some, until being exposed to the light of that One, Whose brilliant light outshines the other sun. The answer is not like Adam & Eve to not face God when they realized their sin; but to embrace  the light of the Son & receive God’s mercy & grace. We are to walk daily in the Son’s cleansing light and all our sins are removed from His sight, forgiven by Jesus’ blood & we are made right. Though our faults & sins were scarlet red the blood of Jesus makes them snow white.  When we confess our sins to Him we begin like new our full fellowship in the Son’s light & ...

 The Race                                                        by Danny C. Wash "Let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and  perfecter of our faith" (Hebrews 12:1). "... let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves. The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions."(Galatians 5:16-17 NLT).   “We are destroying arguments and all arrogance raised against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ” (1Corinthians 10:5) But we have the m...

Old Manhood                                                        by Danny C. Wash Old manhood is a state of body and mind and if you aren’t careful you will also find that when you get to that stage of your life, it can cause you to have a lot more strife. Being set in our ways is one of the first signs. Grouchiness is also a way we may resign into a permanent state of sad decline. As the old man said, “there’s been many a change in my life and I’ve been agin’ every one of em’.” Many, can say, “me too.” Another old sign is boring people through talking about what the prices were back then and lamenting about what we would do when we were young. Another is claiming the songs of old were better when we were young & strong. Repeating the same stories time and time again to anyone who will listen to the way it was bac...

 The Day of the Lord                                             By Danny C. Wash The Lord is at the door, He is almost here. On the seventh day– the third day– He will appear coming on the clouds of the sky with great glory, in order to complete the age of the old, old story. According to the signs we’re in the final seven years. Let every person read, then count, and concur. But many important things must still occur before His final coming to which I refer.  Prophets of old have longed to see this Day and they have mourned because of its delay. But, now the allotted time is ticking away and we have arrived near the end of the sixth day. This is the last period until we should see the One we seek. Out of all these prophecies, how can we be sure we know the end of the age is winding up its final period of  “weeks.” The prophet Daniel and the w...

 My Father’s House                                                  By Danny C. Wash In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so,  would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again  and receive you to Myself, that where I am, you may be  also.” John 14:2  “Come to Me, all you who labor and are  heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 O Lord, in Your house there is room for all. Room for the sick.  Room for the hungry.  Room for the lonely.  Room for the fearful. Room for those burdened by sin. Room for those burdened by laws. Room for everyone, whatever the problem. But God’s house is not a physical building or rooms in Heaven. It is a person– Jesus Christ. And the place is in Him, as His physical...

Scars of Life                                                          by Danny C. Wash Ouch, that’s going to leave a scar we say when something cuts deep. The wound heals but it leaves a mar in that place which we may forever keep. Wounds to our mind can also leave a scar. An unkind or hateful word can make us weep and can affect our image of who we are. Words can be flaming arrows burning deep into our emotions creating anger we keep inside to fester and grow like an infection that spreads in our mind causing dejection. Even if we forgive, the scar is still there reminding us of the cause of the inner tear. How do we deal with the memories which cannot be forgotten and keep out of the snare of unforgiveness and hate which we should fear? The balm of time heals most wounds but scars do persist and must somehow be boldl...

 The Smell Test                                                           By Danny C. Wash When dogs meet and greet the first social ritual must be the smell test. A sniff here  and a big smell back there tells each smeller much about the other. “Hmm,” thinks the one, “he’s been feeding on Purina dry dog food, with a bit of chicken.” The other smells that this one has been eating delicious meat of horse. Also, each dog has it’s own special identifying scent others can recognize. The next chore is determining who is  the leader of the pack in this gathering. What is the pecking order. It matters not the size of the dog, it’s which has the “big dog” attitude and demeanor. The next ritual for the male dogs is  the marking of the territory with a peeing contest as to which can cover the other’s mark. Whe...