A Smoky Mountain HI

Here is a journey I make each day. Time flows on this side of eternity. I have aged as gracefully as reasonable as can be be expected, and yet feel not a day older in my mind. As I begin a life in the Smoky Mountains I hope you will share my journey as well. www.kleincabin.com

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Location: Gatlinburg, Tennessee, United States

Retired summer 2010. I am married (wife, Carol, 55 years) with two married children and four grandchildren...one Toy Poodle. Presently live in Tennessee or Florida but spending summers in our cabin in the East Tennessee Smoky Mountains near Gatlinburg. Five + acres, three streams, and two ponds. Taught college 13 years Florida, Alaska and Tennessee, wife also a teacher. She teaches computer, ABE, GED etcetera. I was the evening supervisor of an adult education school of about 900 students. Minister of counseling at New Hope Fellowship Church of the Nazarene.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Grace means you are no longer required.
Open the door of joy and you will find peace.People are not drawn to the church because the church does not suffer well.
What I do becomes the billboard of my life.Grace cannot be comprehended, only appreciated.

Monday, January 30, 2012

War is an example of corporate anger.
Even a just cause needs anger to fuel it.How often you do right may not be known for a while; how often you do wrong will be easier to remember on earth.
A shared blessing is growing love.
Grace helps you live life like you should, rather than how you would.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

God is in charge of the boundaries of your life.
Humility is the only antidote for pride.

Pride is the greed of character.
If you have all of the grace you need, you don’t understand Grace!

Sanctification has a beginning but has no end on earth.

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Truth is for you to live above the pain caused by the false.
Fate is only for the hopeless.  God's will is for the belivers!

Luck only exists in the minds of the faithless.
God provides no luck, only blessings.

Luck is a plan for bypassing God


Friday, January 27, 2012

Ignoring the truth is to apply for ignorance.
Truth does not need your approval.Truth is never absent, only set aside.
Happiness is not necessarily the absence of pain.Joy comes from knowing that happiness does exist.

Thursday, January 26, 2012

How good can I be is the wrong question. How good can God make me is the correct question.
Forgiveness is a precursor to happiness.Self-sacrifice for no reason is purposeless.
It is not necessary to think less of yourself to think more of others.Fleeing the truth only puts you further behind.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Wrong only prospers when right is ignored by the masses.
 To “catch a falling star” one must be on guard at night. What is next to impossible is still possible.
 Beauty without character is "Double ugly". The value of being important is less, that the importance of being valuable.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Doing right is right, even is does not feel right.
It is better to love than to remain unloving.Only measure yourself from where you are today.
Pay attention to your GPS (God Prompted Service.)If you do what is right, wrong will always resist you.

Monday, January 23, 2012

Happiness rises out of a careful consideration of your blessings.
Forgiveness clears the clogged arteries of your spiritual heart.

Living is your only opportunity to persue happiness.
Pain demands your attention and saps your faith, but need not define your life.

A little good covers a lot of bad

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Walk boldly where Satan says you can’t and with trepidation were he says you can.
People often confuse “cannot” with “will not.”

While the “price may be right,” the cost may not be.
A true songs of joy still must be heard with the heart.

There are more opportunities than opportunists.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Faith and hope bring life; forfeit neither.
Friends see value where others see failure.

Negotiate ideas, not principles.
Love keeps on giving, while like, surrenders at first fight.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and in the mind of the believer.

Friday, January 20, 2012

Flattery is often a smokescreen for jealousy.
We are born with a desire to do good and a propensity to do wrong.Love only comforts those willing to be comforted.
Friends are still an anchor, even when the boat is gone.A twisted truth is a dastardly brew.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Someone who is jealous never understands their own gifts or blessings.
Faith can move mountains, doubt can create them.
A heart that can love the unlovable has been properly trained.
Envy is“soured” jealousy.
To be right do right, to stay right, do right

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

God wants to invest you in something your church is doing or should be doing.
Faith is your treasure, time your asset, and love: the message of your life’s journey.
When you are younger, older is the only place you can go!
Doing good is just plain fun!
It takes a gentle man to raise a strong one.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Satisfaction comes not from waiting for what you want but from enjoying what you have.
Solving the puzzle of your generation is impossible without you.
If you want to impress God, love His children.
Part of judgment will be about what you allow God to do with your life.
If you want to increase your value, increase your Faith.

Monday, January 16, 2012

Happiness is the fizz of life, and joy: the sweetness.
The life of a church is a never-ending journey.
Time is a gift that only you can invest.
When your happiness exceeds your understanding, joy is at your doorstep.
The unknown for a Christian is already covered.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Your Christian life is designed to nourish others.

Braille Faith is better than no faith.
Hope, for there will always be much to hope for!
Hope alone will not get you where you ought to be; it will takes action as well.
Church unity means that people must be willing to be less important than they want to be!

Saturday, January 14, 2012

The impossible still is held in the Hand of God.
The journey is not the destination.
Love is an artisan well of hope and faith.
Does your life contain enough spiritual strength to replenish another’s?
Extravagant love is a step in the right direction.

Friday, January 13, 2012

Good is what you can do; better, is what you strive to accomplish.

Love is not as costly as it is priceless.
Unity is a choice, division is also a choice.
You can miss the prize by doing the right things in the wrong way.
Braid faith, hope, and love together, and no power can break it.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

God-Speak” is understood in all languages, but often best said by you, by doing.

How are the sheep in your flock?
Who in my life is suffering because of me?
Tarry by faith near the heart of a needy loved one or an unloved one!
Others around my life also reap what I sow!

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Christians often receive, before they give, because they will give.

Hearing from God is one thing; listening to Him is another.
A friend will not only go through your valleys, but climbs the mountains with you, as well.
Doubt is the soil of fear.
You are the bridge to God for someone, for whom, when, and how often, is mostly your choice!

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Fear spreads easier than faith.

Your surrender brings your miracles.
It is when I forget I live in God’s presence, that I am tempted to do wrong.
We do reap what we sow, so if I refuse to sow Faith, I am destined to be faithless.
Be open minded only to truth!

Monday, January 09, 2012

Prayer is the process of putting God in His rightful place in your life.

Your future is either in God’s hands or being ruined by another.
Loyalty is a mixture of love, hope, and faith.
Every moment of your life is significant!
Change your life from a “fear dominated” to a “Grace driven” life.

Sunday, January 08, 2012

Leaders have the ability to make you feel you belong.
Leadership allows the leader to shift that message to others.
Improvement is the hardest tool to grasp, master, and apply.
“God-Speak” is always available, but often easier heard in adversity.
Does God occupy the landscape of your life? Is it obvious to others?

Saturday, January 07, 2012

God makes those not good enough, to be good enough, because the good enough, don’t do enough!
There is no easy time or easy way to exercise Faith.
Unity in your church is you finding a way to fit.
Every breath is a gift; what you do with that breath is your testimony.
Is it always neccessary to “Shoot the believers before they backslide!”... er …I sure hope not!

Friday, January 06, 2012

Christian, what is your purpose in life, other than getting into Heaven?
What influence you have, use it for God!
You cannot deny God now and expect Him to reward you later. (You won’t like the reward if you do!)
A willing heart is a gift of God; obedience is your gift to Him.
Being willing to be willing is the key to spiritual and personal progress.

Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Life is good but knowing God makes it wonderful!
The Holy Spirit is the greatest windfall prophet!
Have you ever tried to keep warm next to a lukewarm Christian? Don’t make others try either!
Are you walking on some water in your faith life, or staying in the boat?
Are you rocking the boat of being an anchor?

Tuesday, January 03, 2012

Praying for forgiveness before the fact, never excuses it.
Christians must premeditate sin, because they already know it is sin.
Turning from wrong is one thing; doing right is quite another!
Hope is an orphan until you claim it.
Faith works best when you get to work.

Monday, January 02, 2012

This New Year, God, gives you meaning; it is up to you to make this year meaningful.
Life tends to be full of accomplishments of little value.
A wise man wins souls; a foolish man only makes money.
Faith plus work equals accomplishment, while faith plus God, equals a miracle.
Gold is kinship, frankincense is God, myrrh is sacrifice; the wise men brought them all to lay at the feet of Baby Jesus.

Sunday, January 01, 2012

It is a New Year full of new blessing from God or new consequences for ignoring Him.
It is best to love what God loves and who God loves this year.

A New Year 366 Days of new moments for new memories; what shall I make them to be.
I have more choices for good in this New Year than I often want to accept responsibility!
May the anticipations of this New Year be as full of promise on December 31st as they are on January 1st!
2012 with God will be a tremendously wonderful experience; without Him disappointments and missed opportunities  will be the signs of the times.