Darkhorse

This is a story of two mothers, and the similarities and differences in their lives.

One was a long-time friend of my mom's. One day her 21-year-old son ran out of gas on a California freeway. He obtained some gas in a gas-can and was pouring it into his car when he was struck by an oncoming car.

His mom, who had never really had faith in God's existence, prayed for him to live; he didn't.

For the remainder of her life, his mother struggled with the loss...

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The other evening I opened a door and found an opossom pulling trash out of a plastic trashbag on my outdoor deck. This had happened several times before, so I yelled in annoyance while it ran to the edge and tried to hide. I grabbed a baseball bat and pushed it off the deck, onto the ground (a 9-foot drop). An hour later it was back, scattering trash again.

This time I had my wife hold up the torn trashbag while I slipped a new trashbag over it, tied it shut, pitched it downstairs...

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A few years ago, my sons and I visited a public pool, swam for a few hours, then filed into the Mens changing room to shower off, dry off, and put our regular clothes back on. We pulled off our wet swimsuits and headed for the showers. When we entered the shower area, we were surprised to see three male teenagers showering in their swimsuits; they were surprised to see an old fat guy (me) and two teenage boys (my sons) stark naked and expecting to shower that way. They shrieked and ran out of the...

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Seven years ago this month, I received my first permit to carry a concealed handgun. I walked into the county courthouse, made my way to the court clerk's office, gave them my name, and signed the small card they handed me.

One month before, I had taken a class covering basic gun safety and handling, passed a written test on the material, and fired 50 rounds at a target under the watchful supervision of the instructor.

The court and sheriff's department had 45 days to...

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We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing
He chastens and hastens His will to make known
The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing
Sing praises to His name, He forgets not His own

Beside us to guide us our God with us joining
Ordaining, maintaining His kingdom divine
So from the beginning the fight we were winning
Our Lord was at our side, all glory be thine

We all do extoll thee our leader triumphant
And pray that...

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