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April 23 – Another Day, Another Book Cover, Moving Along

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Today was a busy day. You’d think a guy could take it easy when he gains a year, but nope, still a busy day. Devotional was written, then after making arrangements and acknowledging birthday wishes on Facebook, I went to do laundry. I did about half of my writing challenge there while waiting for laundry to finish. (We have an issue with our washing machine and dryer now, so everything’s at the laundromat.) Then, lunch, a bit of work around the house, reviewing the covers for my edited devotional books (!!!), and on to chess clubs. After that, I had a fundraising banquet to attend. No, I didn’t fall for a trap pitch. I knew what it was going into it. This was to support Baptist Student work in Texas. Back when I was in college (TCU) it was called Baptist Student Union. It was there that I met Jesus Christ and gave my life to Him. It was there I met my wife. I owe that ministry for some wonderful things in my life. I’m happy to help support their work. When I got home, I finished my writing challenge. I’m completely reworking my short story involving time travel.

Today’s Devotional – April 23 – Proclaiming the Kingdom of God

 

 

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April 21 – Catching Up With College Friends

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No, I didn’t post last night. No, it wasn’t because I was celebrating, nor was I even observing 4/20 at all. A good friend from college and his wife came to town. Last night we stayed at our table after supper talking a long time. a LONG time. We were at a new restaurant in Corpus Christi called Shabu Shabu. This may be the only place I’ve ever been to eat that required instructions on how to eat their food. Patrons actually do the cooking at the table. It was fun. We’d probably have more fun if we knew what we were doing. I got home so tired that I couldn’t write my Challenge words, let alone a post last night, so I took the night off. I worked the food pantry this morning, stopped in at a chess tournament to check on my kids and then went to see my friend at work. He’s an officer of a tugboat company and they were having an open house. He invited my wife and me to go with them. So, we got a chance to tour a tugboat. (In the picture below, I’m not really skippering the tugboat, just sitting in that chair.)

When I got home, I was able to get my challenge writing done. Yesterday I was trying to think about how to deal with some criticism (asked for) on part of the story I’m working on now. I thought I had a great idea for a catch. I thought the criticism I got was because this younger generation, both critics actually, didn’t understand what I was doing. When I sent a video link to my most recent critic (again, I solicited this criticism) she pointed out why my idea didn’t work. I grumbled for about ten minutes because she was right. Then, I began thinking of ways to redo the problem. My cousin’s wife even helped by giving me some info about the area where she lives.

Oh, I did write devotionals for those two days.

Yesterday’s devotional – April 20 – Learning to Rejoice in God’s Forgiveness … For Others

Today’s devotional – April 21 – You Get to Choose Your Reward!

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March 24 – Almost Like a Day Off

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The writing challenge I’m involved in is to write a certain number of words 5/7 days per week. I’ve written 6 days this week, so I took that writing off. I did get my devotional done, late, after sleeping in. The devotional was 422 words. I also finished editing the short story for the local author anthology. My  local writers group had helped me look at the first draft. I hope I addressed their concerns. I got the idea one morning and wrote the first draft pretty quickly.

Morning Devotional of 422 words: March 24 – Seeing Needs Around Us

Tomorrow will be a busy day: church, nursing home Bible Study, then evening church.