Scripture

Harmony is as refreshing as the dew from Mount Hermon that falls on the mountains of Zion.

~Psalm 133:3, NLT

Quote

Dew brings life to the plants which brings forth beauty and fruit.

~David Wood Wiersbe

I think I was in my early teens when the soft drink Mountain Dew came out. I do remember one thing about my first taste of Mountain Dew, it was very sweet, like drinking nectar. Elevation does not necessarily produce heavier dew but it can if conditions are right. Some say the dew on Mount Hermon in northern Israel is as heavy as rain and it falls every night. The Jordan River begins with springs flowing from beneath Mount Hermon. So I guess there is something to the name “Mountain Dew,” it is thicker, heavier and more refreshing. You might even say life giving and it comes down from above.

The dew works quietly, inconspicuously without a lot of noise or fanfare but it is essential, especially in Israel where they have very little rain. The Spirit of God is at work whether we realize it or not. I had one of those Sundays last week where I felt like as empty as a drum. As I was trying to preach, I felt dry and uninspired. I mentioned it to June briefly and she was affirming so I just started trying to shake the feeling. Sometimes I think this is the work of the enemy to discourage me. I got a text late Sunday evening, about 5:00 pm or so. I was on my way to preach the same sermon again. In a nutshell, the text thanked me for the message and told me that God spoke through it to their need. I thanked her. It was a shot in the arm. I went on to DBC and preached the sermon. The internet was down so it was not online. I used the same notes and outline but but it was a different sermon.  Thank you Jesus and supporters.

On the lighter side, I heard this little song which they played when the soft drink Mountain Dew came to our neck of the woods back in 1964.

Old uncle Snort was sawed off and kind’a short,

He stood every bit of five foot two.

But he thought he was a giant when he got him a pint

Of good ole Mountain Dew.

[By the way, back in the day {60’s} there was only one diet drink and it was called diet-rite and it was horrible. This was before aspartame. Just a little better, but not good was Double Cola. My favorite as a kid was RC or Royal Crown]

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We got a little shower yesterday. The good news is it came out of nowhere, the bad news is it lasted only five minutes. We got 0.01 of rain. Enough I hope to get my greens up. We will see. Have a great day and thanks for reading the blog.

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Just after Charlie Kirk was shot, I posted my displeasure with the media because they were trying to politicize Charlie’s ministry, and for being on the edge of celebrating his tradgic death. I never dreamed it would get so bad. I didn’t realize how deep the hatred goes for Christ, His church and His followers. The world has gone nuts. A friend shared a text with me yesterday. It came from a cousin who lived North of the Mason-Dixon: she said, “Killing a man with two children is bad, but he was a ‘hater’ and haters have to be eliminated.” This is unbelievable! Then last night, I heard about the late night talk show host who got suspended indefinitely for saying something uncalled for. I went to bed with a heavy heart. How many haters do we have in this country. They hate Trump; they hate Charlie Kirk and they hate the Word of God. Hey, some will not admit it, but they hate Jesus. You can’t have Jesus and hate in your heart: that is a paradox. It amazes me that they accuse us of the very thing they do openly and they is spew hatred. I know Auburn fans that will not support Coach Tuberville. Their excuse, he is too much like Trump. Yes he is, he tells the truth and I am going to support him and that comes from an Alabama fan. There are things more important than football. Those who put football and their dislike for Trump above the sanctity of human life have a serious spiritual problem.

All closet democrats use Trump as an excuse to support the marxist democratic party. All of this will come to light in the judgment. Marxism is the most destructive ideology ever imagined and the man who came up with this blood thirsty scheme was an evil man who never helped one soul. He was a parasite who hated both God and man.