Abba's Art

Tag: LIFE

  • Seasons

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    “To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die” Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 Nature’s seasons mirror life’s course: Spring – Birth                               Summer – Youth                                                                   Fall – Adult                                                                                           Winter –  Death I’m in my AM season of life – Advanced Maturity…

  • Forever Young

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    Fred D
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    Free from responsibilities, schedules and concerns that come with adulting, watching the unconstrained joy children at play is appealing contagious. As childhood fades and we begin to tackle the necessary responsibilities, schedules and concerns that come with adult territory, an inverse relationship between age and joy tiptoes into life. By God’s grace alone, having survived…

  • Final Destination

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    Fred D
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    Holding Ellen close in front of me; arms spread recklessly wide on the bow; the wind tussling my flowing locks ???😊 . . . Titanic is one of my favorite films. Last week Ellen and I visited the Titanic exhibit just over the mountain from us. Definitely a more historic venue versus Pigeon Forge’s standard…

  • Attitude Paradigm Shift

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    Fred D
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    My wife has been ‘vacationing’ in a rehab facility since a fall nearly 6 weeks ago shattered her right arm … naturally she’s right-handed ☹.  This unexpected event suddenly thrust me back into temporary bachelorhood, and I’m not particularly enjoying it. Perhaps I’m different … tone down those AMENs!😊 …  but my default response to…

  • The Grief of “WHY?”

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    Watching the horrendous scenes of the incomprehensible tragic devastation and loss of lives in the recent Texas floods, especially those so young, truly breaks my heart, reminding me how so undeservedly blessed I am! . . . by His Grace alone I’ve been spared the unimaginable grief of losing a child. The enemy delights using…

  • ‘Mistakes’

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    Fred D
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    Yesterday I accompanied my permanent girlfriend for a ride aboard the Senior Shuttle from her rehab facility to UTMC for a follow-up evaluation with her surgeon. Gratefully, the X-rays revealed her fractured humerus in beginning to heal …PTL! (thisX-ray pic doesn’t appear very ‘humerus’ to me 😊) God never has, never will make a mistake.…

  • Extraterrestrials

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    Fred D
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    Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (1917 – 2008) was a science fiction writer, inventor, explorer, and screenplay co-writer for the film 2001: A Space Odyssey once said, “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe, or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” A recent poll showed 56.9% Americans believe in aliens, and a…

  • Joy And Sorrow

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    Fred D
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    “Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes in the morning.” Psalms 30:5 The two recent tragic airline disasters in Philadelphia and DC accentuated the unknown brevity of this life we’ve all been given. The Philadelphia crash was especially poignant to  me. It occurred less than 2 miles from the home where I grew…

  • Sentimental Gratitude

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    Fred D
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    Having witnessed over 8 decades of the final days of another year ticking off, 2024 is departing with a comforting aura of sentimental gratitude.   Sentimental because I’ve somehow survived to attain the stage of life where the trails seem a tad longer; my steps a tad shorter; other hikers a lot younger; and odds…

  • Christmas Journeys

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    Fred D
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    Christmas and Thanksgiving are America’s most family-oriented holidays. The latest Christmas travel statistics predict over 115 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles during Christmas, with 59% visiting family. Some two decades ago a single Dad and his two young sons embarked on a Christmas journey to visit family. Zooming through the skies at…