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.

Friday, April 27, 2018

Turning away from truth is deadly form of self-condemnation.

Guilt is the quicksand of evil, Jesus is the solid rock of good.

Tying to understand and not getting it is ok, but not trying to understand  is not ok!

Temptation cannot be sin; Jesus was tempted in all ways and never failed.

Beware the thought police are out in mass, trying to keeping from thinking right!

Never question in the storms what has been promised you in the sunlight.

When is seems wrong, it is wrong.

Wrong never become right given enough time; it is always wrong!

Wrong is not a decision the majority can vote on and it then becomes right.

Sin is never a mistake it is always a choice.

For a Christian there is no “Oops, I sinned moment", you choose to sin.

Sin is not an accident I could not avoid.

Sin is a hook baited with something you desire.

You will learn as much from your tears as you will from your smiles.

In the end it won’t matter how many fish you catch unless you are a fisher of men.

Tiny lives matter...please do not abort me!

Your ability to comfort, counsel, or help, is often exceeded by someone’s degree of suffering


Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Hug a lonely heart, feed a hungry heart, and forgive a repentant heart.

The past only influences the future as much as you allow it too.

Christians plan your day but expect God to chose your way.


A lie never becomes a truth just because it has 100,000 likes.


We have become a nation of scandal hunger self- devourers.


Judging “righteous judgement” means you see what Jesus has said about it, not what you think about it.

You are either purpose driven, influencing others, or you will be drag and pushed about, by the people around you.

In the end it won’t matter how many fish you catch unless you are a fisher of men.

The more credit you give the greater your balance becomes.

If you got whether you are without any help; you are either blind or in the same place you started.

Your willingness to consider doing wrong is the key to your doing wrong.

Your willingness to do right helps you do right.





Friday, April 13, 2018

Doubt has become the largest religion on the earth.

Doubt has more daily converts than all religions combined.

Without doubt, Christianity would have had no takers.

Jesus can remove all doubts everywhere, every time.

Great minds can create the greatest errors, as well as, they can solve the most difficult problems.

You can always worry later; why start now?

Carrying any heavy burdens?  Good news they were not meant for you to carry them alone. Jesus said “cast All of your burdens on Me”...and then He instructed other believers “to bear one another’s burdens”. Jesus, then also reminded us that “each of us must bear our own burdens”.

Doubt has become the largest religion on the earth.

Doubt has more daily converts than all religions combined.

Without doubt, Christianity would have had no takers.

Jesus can remove all doubts everywhere, every time.

A twisted truth is the beginning of deceit.

When truth is colored to your taste it tends to lose its savor.

Truth will make you stew a while...or get you out of a stew.

Truth never changes regardless of the consequences.

Notice your faults before others.

You can and should, be doing something about your faults, before criticizing others about their faults.



Thursday, April 12, 2018

Self-pity is a lonely pursuit.

No one is unwelcome to Jesus until you are dead. Your call of welcome for Salvation ends at the grave.

The pain of a loved one brings a special sorrow.

Pain speaks a language friends can feel.

Pain knows on boundaries.

Pain is a reminder that we are still alive.

Politics makes me laugh and cring at the same time.

A trend is often a detour on the road to success.

Atheism is an affliction of iconic loneliness.

Praying together is a symphony of souls.

Indecision is the archbishop of maybe.

Whatever I cannot or will not decide will be decided for me.

Indecision, is a decision, to let someone else make the choice for me.
Others can pray for you when you can’t and you can pray for others when they can’t.

Even with the best of plans, your paths will lead you to travel through a few pretty deep mud puddles.

God listens to all prayers from all people, all of the time.

Knowing the answer is easier than purveying it.

Explaining truth is still easier than living the truth.


Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Rough roads do not necessarily mean the wrong roads.

Doing good is not always easy but it always the best.

When your road is rough it often means you are making it easier for those who will follow your trail.

The problem with an abortion occurs when the woman determines her life is worth more than her child’s life.

Some things seem better left unsaid, but need to be said anyway.

The things that should be left unsaid are often the first things said.

When the unsaid is so obvious, being left unsaid, may say the most.

Prayer is the best wireless connection.

Prayer is always answered even if not as you requested.

Prayer is recognizing that God actually has the answers.

Prayer is the refueling station of all spiritual needs.

Belonging is the security portion of love.

Comfort is the snuggling part of love.

Safety is the part of love that brings you the most peace.

Sharing is the natural outreach of love.


Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Self-love is the most toxic.

Self-love in abundance soils true love.

Yet with self-love there is no true love.

Love your neighbor as you love youself.

Love the a battle between giving and receiving.

Ability is more abundant than willingness.

Wanting to do is often in conflict with doing.

The valley of the shadow of death is filled to the brim with hope.

Never demand of others what you are unwilling to give youself.

Live so the “shadow of death is just that...a shadow”.

Death is never as sad as a life unlived.

May your death be a gift rather than a consequence.

The valley of the shadow of death is filled to the brim with hope.

The loss of property is difficult but the loss of a friend is intolerable!

Endeavor to never outlive a friendship.

The loss of a friend leaves a perminent scar.


Monday, April 09, 2018

Where you are and where you are going are not always obvious.

Living in the sunshine won’t mean there is not a lot of rain between where you are and where you want to be.

It is considerably easier to promise than deliver.

Speaking our minds often come at the expense of the new mind we are to have as Christians.

Some folks fight for the accuracy of the Bible, while living like it isn’t.

Love is doing the right thing, even when, it would take less effort not too.

Getting married is easier than being married.

Fatherhood or motherhood is not for the selfish.

Doubting and complaining is the best way to your day...and anyone around you as well.

The problem with an abortion is when the woman determines her life is worth more than her child’s life.