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.

Monday, September 30, 2013

Human forgiveness is a gift from one unworthy to another; God’s forgiveness is from one who is Perfect to us, who are all imperfect.
Isn’t God who taught my dog to wag his tail when he was happy and not when he was mad?
How often have we carefully considered before we did something we wished we hadn’t?
Life is a gift for you to enhance the world you share or hinder what you could have made better
Good only becomes better with the best of efforts.
Obedience is difficult or it would be easy.
Measure only what you are responsible for!
If your heart is right, your actions soon will be as well.

Saturday, September 28, 2013

You attract friends by the qualities you project. You keep friends the qualities you actually possess.
Faithfulness is a choice as well as a commitment.
Luck is for the “guessers” but faith is for the believer.
Knowing what I believe is one thing, staying faithful until it comes to pass, is quite another.
Love is faithful because that is the very nature of love.
Being a true friend means sometimes you have to shift through the sand to find the gold.
Only be loyal to those who have earned your loyalty...when they are right.
When your heart is right the rest of you will do what is right as well.

When you learn how to love God; you also learn how to love yourself.
You know what is right even when you refuse to do what is right.


Friday, September 27, 2013

Hope endures on the face of faith.
Fear scatters the minds of faithless man.
Faith is tattooed on the hearts of man for him to ignore or embrace.
Faith sees what hope stretches to attain.
There is no progress without faith.
Faith brings calm the stomach, the situation, and the solution.
What I cannot believe often resides comfortably in my Faith.
Faith is the caretaker of what I cannot do on my own.

His Love protects my Faith.

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Determination is what you contribute to what God has given you.
Determination works both ways, some are determined they can succeed, others have determined it cannot be done.
There are some things in life that will not be done unless you do them.
Do not confuse determination with ability they are only slightly related.
Doing what you can often means doing more than was expected of you.
Happiness is not being bogged down with the expectations of others, while not avoiding your own.
Whatever you have is only on loan.
If you are not furthering the Kingdom of God; you are furthering the kingdom of evil....

A bad example is a good reason not to do what they are doing.

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

It seems like the things that matter, all too often, are paid attention the least.
The crises of disorganization often exceed the crises of failure.
Love generated peace; while hate generates anxiety.
The moments of truth bring out the fallacies of self-deception.
Doing what I can, often out serves doing what I had planned.
The failure to love is the ultimate failure in life.
Anxiety invades solemnity.
The ultimate success is to make progress from your failures.

In order to create precious memories you need to start now.
Being loved is a gift, as well as, a blessing.

Saturday, September 21, 2013

You are only temped if you have something of value to lose.
Temptations always dress for success.
Temptations progress because of self-deceptions.
The resulting weight, of a yielding to temptations, is usually bore born by someone you love but who you thought would never find out.
Temptations start out as wants and turn into desires.
Temptation is the mother of addiction.
Temptations are often camouflaged as needs.
At the root of every temptation is a lie.

Satisfaction is never found at the end of any temptation.
Temptations tend to see what you are missing as something you deserve.
Temptations must be justified; doing what you should doesn’t.
Rarely are you tempted to do something good.
The feelings that result from, yielding to temptation, never justify the pain it causes.

Friday, September 20, 2013

It is Devine Love not Devine luck that helps you through each day.
“Feather your nest” with generosity and you will never be without.
Friendship is the currency of fellowship.
Every friend is a bank that pays dividends on your relationships.
If you feel God is further away, it is because of you not Him...as He “Changes not”.
You cannot fail doing the work of God…but you can fail to do the work of God.
Every Christians, in their heart, knows that they are extremely loved even if they cannot to understand why.
A helping hand is a welcomed hand.

Grace brings you the power, the vision, and the strength to succeed but you still must do the work.
Everyman can smell the odor of laziness.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

A clash of ideas can either create chaos or potential.
Gentleness is a fruit of the vine of kindness.
Kindness is best grown in the soil of your forgiveness.
Forgiveness creates humility.
Humility comes best from a confrontation with the Devine.
It is when you confront the Devine that you begin to understand Love.
Love contains all of the possibilities of good in life.
Evil only exist where God has been shut out by the choice of man.

God only saves those who choose to be saved; no one will be dragged into Heaven kicking and screaming.
Being happy, is one of the greatest gifts, you can give to the one you love.
When you get up in the morning if all you can do is smile you have benefited the world.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Worry is Faith paralyses.
Exercising your Faith will cripple your worries!
Love is filled with renewable value.
What you do not love is hard to sacrifice to attain.
Whom you do not love you will not willing struggle for their good.
Never make fear a guest in your House of Hope.
Prayerlessness leads to helplessness.
Prayerlessness leads to uselessness.

A morning prayer awakens more than a cup of coffee ever could!
Love more than you should to gain more than you had expected.
Focus on what you can do, not on what you cannot do.

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Every prayer delivers to us more potential than we ever utilize.
Until I face my fears they will always hinder me or control me.
Sometimes, patience, is allowing others the time to learn what you already know.
Forgiveness is love in action.
Forgiveness doesn’t mean that you accept what has been done but it releases you from their judgment. (“What you will not forgive will not be forgiven you”.)
Never step on the hands that feed you; nor trample on the hearts that love you.
Brace yourselves “Happiness overtakes the faithful”!
Fear only what God has given you permission too!

Grace brings you passion, peace, and power.

Love deepens every commitment and strengthens every resolve.

Monday, September 16, 2013

Grace changes everything.
Without Grace there is no abundance.
Abundant Grace fathers abundant life.
Plenty is having more than enough; abundance sees no end to plenty.
Mercy is what you give in order for it to be returned to you.
Prayer is a combination of devoted love and dire need.
Happiness cannot exist without love.
In marriage every decision always considers the one loved…always....

Love without friendship is underserved.

Saturday, September 14, 2013

Grace is often misunderstood; it is the power to do what you should, not the freedom to do what you want.
Grace gives heart to your soul.
Grace, for the Christian, is an everlasting “warm fuzzy”.
It is Grace that allows humility.
Grace is a freedom from your sins, not a license to continue in them.
Without Grace we are all powerless against our own iniquities.
Grace is not here just to provide for the weaknesses of man, but also to proclaim the power of God.
Without Grace you are without everything.

Grace shows you your weaknesses while pointing out your strength in Him.
Grace provides the freedom to do what is right, the desire to do what is right, and the power to do what is right.

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Your future will be based on how you use the moment you have now.
In the end you will be judged not but by what you gained and left behind, but by what you did with what God gave you and you sent ahead.
In the end there are only sheep and goats; there are no “honorable mentions goats”.
God is the meaning for life; stop looking and start living.
Happiness is not a mystery; it is the understanding and knowing of the One who loves you the most.
Life will try to keep you too busy to live.
Dreams are written in sand; it takes hard work to write them in stone.
Lord, thank you for happiness, but without You, I could have never exceeded its limits.

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

It is God’s love that drives His mercy towards you.
It is God’s love that fuels His willingness to forgive your sins through His son Jesus.
It is God’s love that surrounds you in the storms of life.
It is God’s love that causes Him to be so longsuffering for your salvation.
It is God’s love that lights your way in the mist of darkness.
It is God’s love that sent Jesus to pay for your sins on the Cross.
Without God’s love you would be totally, tragically, and terminally, lost.
Without God’s love you would have never been created.

With God’s love you can be adopted into everlasting love.
With God’s you are empowered to change this world.
With God’s love you are more than a conqueror through Christ Jesus our Lord.

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Knowledge is what remains with you after school is out.
Your testimony is more about how your make others feel than the knowledge you impart.
It is learning to do what I know that is the challenge in life.
Being willing to learn and being willing to be taught are different issues.
Knowledge without thought brings failure.
Control what you can in your life and tolerate what you cannot until you can change it.
If your life is boring you not doing what you should.
Deal with your fears while they are fresh; never allow them to ferment.
Learning is doing what you know not what you want.
Being ignorant is a problem; remaining ignorant is a shame.

Monday, September 09, 2013

Tender are the hearts of young Christians and they were never meant to become hard again.
Until you consider what is right you will never comprehend what is wrong.
Learn to be thankful for all you can and ask God to help you become thankful for what you can’t.
Sometimes it is better to be interesting than to be smart.
Power makes a person feel more important than they really are.
It is who you are “important to”…that makes you valuable.
Whenever you think you have to throw your weight around to be important, you need an attitude adjustment.
Whenever you feel like you can throw your weight around because you are important you are flat wrong.
Fame robs you of your individuality.
Progressive fame is more manageable than instant fame.
The more famous you become the less truth you will hear.

Saturday, September 07, 2013

A lazy body is a weakness; a lazy mind is a tragedy.
 Rest and laziness are not related.
Doing something other than work all of the time is not laziness.
Laziness is intentionally doing nothing when you ought to be doing something.
Laziness not doing what you should, the way you should.
Diligence is the cure for laziness.
Laziness is a plague to those who depend on you, as well as those who must work with you.
Dependability is become a lesson in history rather than a practical reality....

Persistence kills unproductivity

Friday, September 06, 2013

Humility is something you cannot measure of weigh for yourself, only others can do that for you.
Many people can see what you are doing but few understand your purpose.
Your unmade friends may, in the long run, be your best ones yet!
Turning a profit at the cost of a principle is a loss by any measure.
Turning a profit at the cost of a friend is the beginning of poverty.
Earn all you can, spend what you need, and give generously.
Learn to love more than is necessary because it is usually needed.
Leave a warning sign on the “roads to nowhere” you encounter on your travels through life. 

Purpose is the understanding of what to do about what you are seeing

Thursday, September 05, 2013

Smile while you can sadness is always near.
A smile in the eyes of the one you love brings a “heart grin” to your soul.
A Christian is never hopeless or helpless.
Smiles are the springs that smooth out the bumps on the roads of this earthly journey.
A smile is an invitation to friendship.
Without a smile your life is empty.
A smile is a painless gift to those in pain.
When you have nothing left to say a smile explains it all.

Happiness seeps out as a smile.
A smile is the best gift you can give, at the least cost, to the most people.

Wednesday, September 04, 2013

Faith is not about what was promised but who promised it.
Hope is a balance between faith and expectations, completely undergirded by promises.
A promise is hope given.
Marriage is promise based and love empowered.
A pledge is a promise of good faith.
It is easier to allow for your short comings than for your shout sightedness.
A promise kept brings peace to a weary body and a troubled soul.
A failed promise leads to a failed relationship.
Whenever you say “I do” you must!
Your marriage will be as strong as your kept promises.
I love my wife more each day because I cannot afford a day to pass where I love her less.

Tuesday, September 03, 2013

The church should be full of people who need to give and with those who need to receive.
Putting Jesus first is the essence of living by Faith.
The depth of the love of God is a mystery to those who are lost and so should yours be as well.
The contradictions between the life of a Christian and the way the world lives should be obvious.
The courage for the survival of your Faith is the same courage you use on the battlefield.
The courage to be happy in sad times is heroic.
Love has a way of filling voids in your life you never knew existed.
Love in adversity is called faithfulness.
Love and maintaining a relationship require different levels of commitment.
Love doesn’t always make sense but it is always the mixture of fun and happiness.
Make your mate your best friend and you will never be lonely.
The slowest death of a marriage is a result of assumptions.

Monday, September 02, 2013

It is the labor of many that brings wealth to a few.
Just because two people are doing the same job doesn’t means both are extending the same amount of effort or accomplishing the same goals.
There is a vast difference between labor and productivity.
Society thrives on the backs of many laborers.
When a job becomes a position labor decreases.
Learn to enjoy your work and your fellow workers; it is a big third of your life.
Hard work makes for an easier life.
Life is a big playpen; so get to work enjoying it.

Loving your work lightens your load.
Management is never more successful than its workers.
“Labor Day” honors those who made our lifestyle possible.
“Old money” is the result of old workers.