Stories by Larry

Welcome to Stories by Larry. On this site, you will find stories that we hope will make you laugh, cry, smile, or think. We also hope these stories will touch your heart in some way. Maybe some will even help change your life. We hope you enjoy and tell others about Stories by Larry. Larry Whiteley

Stories by Larry

  • Devine Tasks Performed Here

    Devine Tasks Performed Here

    If you dread the work you have to do, try changing your attitude toward your work! Max Lucado’s book Cure for the Common Life tells of a stay-at-home mom who keeps this sign over her sink – Divine Tasks Performed Here. Work can be volunteering at church. 1 Peter 2:9 says, “You are a chosen…

  • Grocery Shopping

    Grocery Shopping

    I have not been to the grocery store in quite some time. I let my wife do that. Well, I went with my wife the other day and was shocked. I do not pay much attention to what she spends on groceries. I always thought since it was just us, it was not much. There…

  • A TITANIC STORY

    A TITANIC STORY

    At 11:40 p.m. on April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg ripping open six watertight compartments. The sea poured in. On board the ship that night was John Harper, a widowed preacher, and his beloved six-year-old daughter Nana. As soon as it was it was sinking, he took his daughter to a lifeboat….

  • Don’t Let The Old Man In

    Don’t Let The Old Man In

    My wife and I watched Toby Keith: American Icon on TV recently. It was a tribute to the country music star who died of stomach cancer this past February. I have always enjoyed listening to Toby. He was a country boy from Oklahoma that made it big, but he didn’t act like it. He was…

  • A Season Of Changes

    A Season Of Changes

    September is a month of changes. During the latter part of the month, the summer starts to fade into the fall season. The leaves of the trees begin to change from the green of summer to the beautiful colors of autumn. Squirrels bury acorns, to hopefully, find them again during the cold of winter.  Fields,…

  • SOUNDS OF NATURE

    SOUNDS OF NATURE

    There are some sounds in the great outdoors that you hear and they touch your soul. You don’t have to see what made the sound. When you hear the sound you instantly see it in your mind. You may even hear, and see them as you read this. To some, the bugle of an elk…

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