There used to be a time --- used to be, now --- when Ol' Case could just tear up a dance floor. In my younger years, it was disco dancing, as it was quite the rage. Even today, and especially at high school reunions, you'd see disc jockeys play some intense disco songs for those who still "have it".

While I don't have a reunion to go to at this time, my co-workers want to do a post-birthday celebration for me at a local restaurant, whose...

I just keep thinking that things can only get better and it just keep singing that somehow no matter what I think I'm going to do or how things are looking up, that things just keep getting harder and harder. Then often in hindsight I can see where I have screwed up or self-sabotage without realizing, and we'll look back at things and remember got my Intuition or whatever you want to call it had been right and I made the wrong or hopeful toys. I still can't seem to catch up at all on what I was...

Romans 8:11 - "But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you."

As the dead body of Christ was given life and brought out by the Holy Spirit, may we be given eyes to see and ears to hear and a tongue to speak as the oracles of God. "If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God" (1 Peter 4:11).

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Luke 6:22,23 - "Blessed are you when men shall hate you...for the Son of man's sake. Rejoice in that day and leap for joy for your reward is great in heaven..."

When persecution comes, when friends or family criticize you because you love Jesus, and aren't afraid to say so, rejoice! Shout hallelujah and leap for joy!

Paul said, "I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us (Romans 8:18)."...

I am not a prepper. I am not afraid that the world is coming to total destruction. I am not into conspiracy theories.

However:

I have noticed that there are more earthquakes and disasters occurring. Bees and birds dying in large numbers. More plane crashes, people catching flesh eating bacteria, snowing in Mexico- too much rain somewhere else. This country has a nuke, that country has a nuke, every country has a nuke. I've also noticed that the news in the US doesn't...