Tag Archives: friendship

The Duties of Friendship

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Doc Arnett

If you have friends like this, give thanks and be grateful. If you are a friend like this… give thanks and be grateful! Continue reading →

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Ricardo

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Doc Arnett

A chance meeting that turns into a long-term relationship. It’s not romance this time but it is precious. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, College, Family, Gardening, Higher Education, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged encouragement, friends, friendship, gentleness, On Course, On Course national conference, Ricardo Diaz | Comments Off

Careful Choices

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Doc Arnett

Whether thinking of gentle rain on a tin roof or the thunder of a waterfall, it is good to be deliberate in all our thinking. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged eternity, friendship, heaven, promises, rain, regrets, spring, waterfall | Comments Off

Banking Up

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Doc Arnett

An evening with friends can be nothing more than a meal and light conversation… or it can be something that deepens even strong relationships. We choose… Continue reading →

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Pastor James

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Doc Arnett

Isn’t it awesome when you meet someone and can just feel the love of the Lord radiating from them?! Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged Ark City First Assembly of God, Arkansas City Assembly of God, Assembly of God, friendship, James Newman, Pastor James Newman | Comments Off

Old Friends and New Beginnings

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Doc Arnett

As long as we are willing to form new friendships, willing to love and be loved, we treasure the old and welcome the new. Continue reading →

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A Loving Punch in the Gut

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Doc Arnett

One friend who will tell you the truth is worth more than a hundred who are happy to join your little pity party. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged a friend closer than a brother, Don Riley, friendship, good friends, honesty, self-pity, Tom Hale, true friendship, William Jolliff | 1 Comment

A Good Thawing

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Doc Arnett

It takes a greater warmth
than slightly above freezing
to ease into these colder places
where fewer traces of sun
and warm breeze can reach. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Farming, Gardening, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged changing lives, cold, encouragement, friendship, growth, snow, spring, thawing | 1 Comment

Reflections Beneath the Snow

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Until these hearts of ours
are set free from fear of pain,
we will gain nothing
of all the grace and goodness that comes our way. Continue reading →

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A Higher Compliment

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Doc Arnett

It is not in the accolades of easy friends
that we gain the higher ground,
nor in the shallow flattery of those
fixed upon their own ends. Continue reading →

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