Stories by Larry

A Season Of Changes

September 6, 2024

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

September 3, 2024

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…

OPEN HEART SURGERY

August 30, 2024

A few years ago, I had open heart surgery. I had been having heart problems for many years. Some of my problems were inherited. Most were because of things I had done. Bad choices I had made. My wife and I attended several churches over the years. I would go and sit in the pews,…

How Kids Spell Love

August 27, 2024

I was outside enjoying my morning cup of coffee. The sunrise was beautiful. Birds serenaded me with songs. A deer walked through a nearby field. Turkeys soon joined them. I sat down on the porch to spend a little time talking to God. A big yellow school bus drove by. My smartphone dings and I…

God’s Great Outdoors

August 23, 2024

The outdoors is a great place to worship God and talk to Him. It can be sitting in the shade in your backyard, tending the garden, working in the fields, around a campfire, in a tree waiting for a deer to walk by, or reeling in a fish. For many years, I have used quotes…

Love You To God And Back

August 20, 2024

I am looking at a picture of a 3-year-old girl sitting on my lap at the cabin we once owned surrounded by the Mark Twain National Forest. As I look at more photos of her, my mind travels back to many special times we have had together. I am proud of the woman she now…