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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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, June 30, 2013

Everyday blessings are not commonplace!
For Christians to be lonely they must be willing to ignore God.
Selfishness resists the love of another…not wanting to be beholding to anyone.
It is amazing when you realize how special you are to God.
Your psychological pain ends up being born by those you love the most.
Be gentle with those you love; they are your road out in tough times.
The greater the love you give, the greater the love you receive

Saturday, June 29, 2013

You often do your best when you do not have to, do not want to, but you do it anyway.
Profound ignorance is when you know better but still refuse to do better.
The unadvertised gift you give in Jesus name here on earth; will be public knowledge in Heaven.
The greatest obstacle you will ever have to personal growth is your willingness.
Love gives hope meaning.
Man’s mind “flat lines” when it comes to comprehending God…His love…or His mercy.
A Christian is surround by the endless, loving, everlasting arms of God every moment of their journey to eternity.

You often do your best when you do not have to, do not want to, but you do it anyway.
Profound ignorance is when you know better but still refuse to do better.
The unadvertised gift you give in Jesus name here on earth; will be public knowledge in Heaven.
The greatest obstacle you will ever have to personal growth is your willingness.
Love gives hope meaning.
Man’s mind “flat lines” when it comes to comprehending God…His love…or His mercy.
A Christian is surround by the endless, loving, everlasting arms of God every moment of their journey to eternity.

Friday, June 28, 2013

An obligation to God is a responsibility of your commitment, obedience to God
is a choice from your heart.
The saddest love is the love not given.
Measure a new friend with an empty bucket.
Time will squeeze the life out of you.
Doing good when you don’t feel like it, is when you do your best good.
It is the complexity of the simplicity of the Gospel makes preaching difficult.
No, judge, jury, appellate court, or supreme court can change

the consequences of sin

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Discipleship is made up of repentance, plus faith, multiplied by love for the brethren,
times love for your enemy, which will result in an abundance of good works.
The price is of sin is the loss of everything you love.
The price of what you should not have is a whole lot of what you did not want.
Sin continues to progress at the cost of the happiness of others,

and the continuing loss of peace in your heart.
The more you search the “world”, the less you find.
The more you search God, the greater treasures you uncover.

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Good memories contain the seeds of peace and happiness;

cherish them…bad memories not so much…abandon them.
Your daily happiness begins in your morning prayers.
Happiness may be overrated but joy is far underrated.
Without joy, happiness is extremely frail.
Happiness is a gift to yourself, by choosing to embrace the blessing
that surround you rather than the circumstance that plague you.
For a Christians, happiness is a permanent possibility.

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

The value of the favor of the Father will always exceed the value of the favor of man.
The value of the favor of your wife will always exceed the favor of another woman.
The value of the favor of your husband will always exceed the favor of another man.
The value of a good friend will always exceed the value of who you would like to impress.
The value of loving those who are unloved will always exceed the value of their neglect.
The values of character will always exceed the profit you make without it.

Monday, June 24, 2013

Every sin bears a consequence.
Every blessing shows the mercy of God.
Every act of kindness brings as smile in someone’s heart.
Every enemy you love is confused and challenged.
Every prayer will be answered.
Every shaft of light you bring chases away someone’s personal darkness.
Every act of Faith sows the seeds of hope.

Saturday, June 22, 2013

Measure how much good you should do by how much bad you have done.
Normally, what you have accomplished has been done with the help of many others.
Grace provides the difference between what I can do and what I must do.
The more thankful I am the happier I am.
There is more power in forgiveness than there is in hatred. (and huge amounts of more peace!)
A grudge not only weighs you down those around you as well.
Love is a decision to love ones strengths more than their weaknesses.

Friday, June 21, 2013

Faith is believing, for what you are not receiving,
In order to increase you Faith you need to lessen your doubt.
Faith is pre-trust.
Some things only come by faith, some things only by work.
Faith is often an inconvenient act of worship.
God faith is healing faith, living faith, giving faith, and saving faith, and loving faith.
Faith is one gift from God that is most often left unused.

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Whatever conflict you have with God is of your own making; Jesus came to bring you peace in and to your soul.
Peace comes when you surrender to the Love of God, yet still battle against the forces of evil.
The peace you get from being loved by another human being is multiplied many times over, for the Christian, who is being surrounded by the deep, rich, sweet, Love of God every moment of their life.
Living in peace is love personified.
Love brings peace; hatred brings conflict.
The collection of moments make lasting memories.

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Guidance is better than luck.
If you have not noted Divine guidance in your life on occasion, you are spiritually blind.
Not knowing where to go is one thing; not going where you know you should, is quite another.
Being not quite sure as to what to do is one thing; not doing what you know you should, is quite another.
Evidently, whenever I try to do two things at once, I end up doing both poorly.
Excuses never produce success.

Sunday, June 16, 2013

This morning my mind says, “It is time to get up!” and my body says, “Are you out of your mind?” 3 time zones in 3 days will do that to you…Wyoming, here we come...
Not all change is progress, not all progress is in the right direction.
Gratitude is always the right attitude.
Forgive more often than you forget.
Live life like it is a gift, learning the importance life can teach, and leave behind a godly reputation.
May your memories be crowded with hope!
Life is full of the opportunities to do right, or wrong; only you can make those choices right.

Saturday, June 15, 2013

The only things I truly have are the souls I have influenced for God, whatever I have given to those in need, and the love I have shared with others.
Love is not grave limited.
No man is a failure who peruses God.

A thankful man has many friends.
You are only as hopeless as you choose you be.
Misery is a Godless future.
Kindness is contagious.

Friday, June 14, 2013

Life is less about being understood, and more about being understanding.
Marriage is less about being right or getting your own way, and more about giving, more to one another, than you are taking away.
Taking time to help someone is far better than giving advice.
I am constantly amazed about the things I do not know about what I thought I knew.
Being kind, makes being right useful!
Living without stupid people means, you are already in Heaven.
Living without doing stupid things, means you are in self-denial.
Sent from Shady Lake Campground, Illinois.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Service is a tiethe of time; which few willingly give.
True happiness “happens” because there is joy in your soul.
If you are too busy to forgive you are too busy being bitter.

The journey to God is much shorter than the journey to Hell.
Of all the reasons one could give God for not believing in

His son, or in Him, none will matter at all in the end, whatsoever!
Never underestimate the willingness of people to accept “easy lies” over “hard truths“.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Promises kept are expectations met.
Honesty, should not only the best policy but your only policy .
Situations change your actions but never your honesty.
The truth you know, may not be all of the truth there is.
Live right, do right, die right, and your heritage will be right.
You are never under obligation to lie but you are to tell the truth.
Honest is who you are;  dishonest is who you are tempted to be.

God is never too late, but often, shows up sooner than you expect Him to.
Prejudice can cause you to hate the wrong person, for a lifetime.

 

 

Monday, June 10, 2013

Thankfulness is a habit worth developing.
Whatever you are not thankful for is not really yours.
Being thankful is an act of humility.

There can be no happiness without thankfulness.
At the foundation of love is a huge solid rock of mutual gratitude.
Only Christian really know how to be thankful, when to be thankful, and who to be thankful to.
A thankful heart dies well, but lives even better.

Man sees the mountain; while God sees the solution.

Sunday, June 09, 2013

One of the great things about being wrong in life is that you do not have to stay wrong…you can change!
The flavor of the “goodness” of life always out last the taste of the “badness” if you choose to allow it.
You can choose the profession but not the salary.

Choosing a mate is easier than being a mate.
Choosing to do right is often more difficult than choosing to do wrong.
You are the sum total of the choice you have made; but your future will be the sum total of what choices you make from here on!

Friday, June 07, 2013

One progresses into light but digresses into darkness.
Whatever degree of health you have is a blessing compared to what it could be.
Without Faith, you are actually without everything.
It takes “Holiness” to become a whole person.

The smell of bravery is the scent of cowardice on the run.
Is your soul more prosperous than your bank account?

It should be to truly prosper!
Everything you leave behind is terminal except for the Love of God which is eternal.

Thursday, June 06, 2013

It is more difficult to be negative when surrounded by positive people and vice versa.
Leadership is knowing the way through the difficult times, while at the same time, encouraging others to follow without fear.

Fear has an odor of cowardice; bravery may smell the similar but it behaves differently.
The greatest fear of love is for it to remain unused.
Time manages those who refuse to manage it.
Every life contains more value than it uses.
A coward becomes his own enemy.

Wednesday, June 05, 2013

Father, I am so grateful that you have shed righteousness into the darkest parts of my life.
Father, your Grace that is enlivening me is well beyond my comprehension and I purposely thank you for it.
Hope springs from Grace and Grace is a treasure from the Father’s hand to your heart.
Love is more fervent when you realize that you are thoroughly and intensely loved, by the Father, Himself.
Peace or discord begins when you realize who occupies your heart.

Conscience is a terrible thing to violate.

Tuesday, June 04, 2013

The tenderness of the Hand of God in a Christian’s life is immeasurable.
Marriage is the incubator of love, that produces more, than it can contain.
Never allow the challenges of tomorrow grasp and remove the happiness you have in today.
Right never asks for permission to be so.
Character is a blend of inheritance, observation, conclusions, obedience, and self-discipline.
Imagination is the electricity of possibilities for accomplishments to come.

Monday, June 03, 2013



Your happiness is directly related how you apply the joy God gives you.
In marriage, love is more of a garden that a gift.
Forgiving someone, without their repentance, is a blessing given to yourself.
The best way to manage your life is by obeying God’s Word.
The less you love God the less your worship means.
Whatever you fill your mind with fills your life.

Sunday, June 02, 2013

It is “Sonday” the first day of the week.
“Sonday” is when Jesus the only Son of God rose from the dead.
Real happiness comes from the joy you have within your heart.
The Bible is a Him book; it is all about Him...Jesus.

It is a genuine thrill to awake every day and knowing that you are completely, and personally love by God.
There is a difference between can’t believe and won’t believe.
A lot of churches are full of noise and void of praise.

Saturday, June 01, 2013

While love is the foundation for mercy, remembering you were forgiven is the motivator.
Grumpy Christian is as misnomer.
It is fundamentally impossible for one Christian to hate another Christian.
Love is the ultimate “weapon of mass destruction“ of evil.

By nature, love expands by need.
Is your wealth, a tool, a gift, or a burden.
Being a Christian makes whatever you have a blessing.