Tag Archives: adversity

When the Waters Go Back to the River

Posted on May 13, 2019 by Doc Arnett

When the spectacle of the flood gives way to the hard work of cleaning up, it is good to remember that our God can bring both beauty and blessing even from the muck. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged adversity, aftermath, Arkansas River, Cowley County KS, flood, flooding, Kansas rains, mud, recovery, Walnut River | Comments Off

The Rescue Tomato

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes it seems that it takes an awful lot of work to produce a small thing but whenever we sow good seed, great things can happen. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Gardening, Metaphysical Reflection, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged adversity, bearing fruit, bucket tomato, fruit, planting seed, tomato, tomato inside | Comments Off

Blackberry Winter

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes, just when things look really promising, some sort of adversity shows up. Keep going! Blackberry Winter doesn’t last forever… Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Gardening, Metaphysical Reflection, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged adversity, blackberries, Blackberry Winter, hope, Mud Run, perseverance, South Rock Christian Church, South Rock Mud Run | Comments Off

Lush Lives

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Doc Arnett

We ought to be
at least a bit higher than the grass
and know that it was not deserve
that placed us above the deep wells
of God’s good grace. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Gardening, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged adversity, blessing, class distinctions, drought, generosity, grass, green, lateral lines, perseverance, poverty, septic lines, sharing | Comments Off

Imagine a twenty-ton dandelion, sixty-to-seventy feet tall and with branches extending thirty feet in every direction. That’s what the cottonwood tree is like during its month-long spawn.
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Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Humor, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged Abominable Snowman, adversity, cleanup, cottonwood, cottonwood tree, Doniphan County Kansas, procrastination, storm damage, windstorm, Yeti | Comments Off

Confession

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Doc Arnett

The feeling I got then was probably akin to what folks with significant stock holdings have felt like the last few days, especially the ones whose stock value dropped by eighty percent in two minutes.
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Posted in Christian Living, Humor, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged adversity, attitude, depression, discouragement, repentance, stock loss, stock market, stock values | Comments Off

Travel Troubles

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Doc Arnett

He’d planned to spend the evening with friends, not in desperate search for a tow truck and a mechanic who might somehow consider spending his weekend rebuilding a transmission. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged adversity, helping out, rebuild transmission, relief, salvation, transmission repair, transmission trouble | Comments Off

Other Than Predicted

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Doc Arnett

Most often, I would rather be spared the storm but I know that faith is not formed in the carefree life of ease but is rather forged in the path of obedience.
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Boots & Mittens

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Doc Arnett

Humans have a remarkable capacity to quickly adapt to a remarkable variety of factors: cold, heat, and deprivation of a number of sorts. Equally remarkable and much less impressive is our capacity to become spoiled in a very short time. Continue reading →

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