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.

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Learning is the observation, the comprehension, and the application of truth.
Learn or repeat the lesson.
History doesn’t repeat itself...however, the results of sin, will repeat itself!.
Instead of always making the "best of bad situations" how about avoiding them before they happen.
Learning is always more painful the second time.
Learning and failure are both foundations for success...be sure to use both of them, not just one!

Friday, September 28, 2012


Whatever, Jesus cannot control, in my life does not need to be in my life.
All of our friends and family are affected by our choices.
Jesus will control what you allow Him to control. He said take up your cross and follow me…Your choice.
Jesus said to repent and turn from your sin and I will forgive your sin and cleanse you from all unrighteousness…His choice.
We can limit God’s ability to use us by our choices.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012


There is not room in today for yesterday.
Time is like love; invest it or lose it but you cannot hoard it.
Plan for tomorrow but live today.
If God is too busy to listen to you, then why is “His eye on you continually”?
Plan for others with care and for yourself with determination.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012


Faith turns hope from iron into steel.
Faith is believing that God will not hold your past against you while He is planning your future.
Faith will be obsolete in Heaven.
Faith, trusts God to answer its prayers correctly.
Faith is a process of believing God more than Satan.
Faith grow like crops in the field, while doubt grows like weeds in the sand.
Growth begins at the end of your mindset and at the beginning of your faith.

Monday, September 24, 2012

If relationships are the building blocks of society, then some folks live in mighty small houses.
A relationship involves the intertwining of lives for the benefit of both and or others.
Whatever you have done unto others, you have done unto yourself as well.
One forgives another, for their own sake, more than the sake of the others.
Maturity means learning to be a “bleeding heart liberal” for the needs of others and a “hard core conservative” for your own.
Love is a chosen, committed relationship, embodying cooperation, common concerns, and mutual comfort.

Sunday, September 23, 2012


When you forget the people in your life; you have forgotten why you live, how to live, and what to live for tomorrow!
Relationships are one the most wonderfully, dangerous, opportunities in life.
To do without relationships is like dying before you are dead!
Part of our journey is discovering what can and will do through your relationships with others.
You are people too; so don’t keep others from seeing what God can do with and through you.

Friday, September 21, 2012

Hope, hard work, and humility are the nutrients of success.

Congress, the President and the Supreme Court are the scariest, necessary, parts of the constitution.
Power enslaves the powerless.
Politics is more about deciding who is worse and less about choosing who is best.
Pray before you vote but VOTE!
The best way to redistribute the wealth is to require everyone to pay taxes, to work and to pay a fair wage to both labor and management.
Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans are a “party” for taxpayers.
It is easier to control a “rumor“ than government waste.
Not voting is the sin of omission...Right?

Thursday, September 20, 2012


Wisdom is not doing the best things for others in your life; it is doing God’s will for others in your life.
An estimate is a planned guess, not a lucky “stab in the dark“.
The sooner you know who God is; the sooner you will understand who you are!
Prayer is an opportunity to reload your power.
Planning for retirement is like cramming for your final exams…it is done with fear and trepidation.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012


Nine lepers were healed but only one was saved… the one who can back to thank Jesus.
Coming to church and worshipping are not the same.
Thinking is the process of gathering ideas and putting together a plan.
Whenever, I fail to express gratitude I lessen the value of what I received.
Envy creates an ongoing progressing desert in your life.

Monday, September 17, 2012


Happiness is a byproduct of doing the Will of God in your life.
Love gives more that it receives, yet always has more than it had.
Happiness is the emotion of love.
Love gives before it feels like it, and will gladly give more than it planned too.
Contentment is the aftermath of happiness.

Sunday, September 16, 2012


Be more grateful of the changes that Jesus brought to your life than you have fear of what others will think!
Prayer focuses you on God…God is already focused on you.
Jesus not only paid the price for your sins, but He paid for you to have an Abundant life, Joy unspeakable, and Peace that passes all understanding, as wel l!
God created no errors and He did not start making them with you either.
When Jesus changed your life, He expected a chain reaction through you as well.

Saturday, September 15, 2012


Truth is priceless, yet most folks try to sweep it under the rug when it complicates their lives.
A hypocrite is a fruad, in the church is a Christian fraud.
How grateful can you be for salvation? It is not enough!
Gratitude is realizing that every step one takes in life is a precious gift from a loving God.
Be grateful before you feel grateful.
Envy cripples gratitude.

Friday, September 14, 2012

Grace deserves so much more than a “thank you” it calls for a celebration.
Fleece faith is weak faith…If God said it, it is not a faith issue, it is a obedience issue…no fleece needed.
The more you know that God is indeed with you; the less faith you need and the more obedience is normal.
When you see yourself you are discouraged…when you see Grace you are encouraged.
Wherever you are God has been...and will be!

Thursday, September 13, 2012


We live in country where more than half of the citizens pay no taxes but demand those who do provide for them.
Working hard cannot not be caught it must be taught.
While your value is always in who you are; what you do with who you are increases or lessens your worth.
When you live in a universe that revolves around you; you have found the smallest place to live in misery.
While Christian’s have “Joy unspeakable” it should be noticeable!

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

People tend to call wrong right, until they believe it really is!
Right is only if it is right and right is only right if done righteously.
Forgiving others is a gift to one’s self.
May the last deed in your life be one of your best deeds!
Lost opportunities can never be regained only new opportunities deserve to be embraced.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

9/11 assaulted our country like sin assaults you soul.
Hope always exceeds expectations.
What is the difference in your difference since you became a Christian?
Is your worship a celebration or an endurance experience?
Gratitude is a journey that results in a grateful behavior.
Learn to be thankful that you can be thankful!

Tuesday, September 04, 2012


If you are not different than you were before you met Jesus you met someone else instead.
If you truly met Jesus, you are either, sad, mad, or glad.
If you are angry at anything but evil you are misusing its purpose.
Selfishness blinds you to reality.
Integrity is the application of truth to your personal life.
Forgive quickly but empower slowly.

Monday, September 03, 2012


If your workers don't succeed neither will you.
Without labor this is no America.
Labor is people giving their fair share.
Without labor there is no freedom
Good workers succeed when all else fails.
Without labor dreams are never realized.
Ideas without labor remain ideas.
It takes common labor to make uncommon things happen.
 

Sunday, September 02, 2012

If you are not yourself, you will forget who your are, and whoever you would have been, will be sacrificed in the process.
Loyalty to truth is more important that loyalty to principles.
Your principles change as you learn and grow but truth never altars and must never be ignored.
A good church should attract both the good and the bad but neither should remain the same.
Stress is when the mind worries the body.

Saturday, September 01, 2012


Vision is the organization of ideas, leadership is the inspiration of people, management is the organization of people, and labor is the organization of purpose by each worker.
Twice as many people can accomplish three times as much work.
Success is the sweat of ideas.
Doing less that you should makes you less valuable that you could; doing more than you should makes you thankful you could.
Knowing what to do is easier than doing it.