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Seek First the Kingdom of GodOne of the Creator’s most important directives to Mankind, tells us, to seek first the kingdom of God. In Proverbs 8:17 He said, “I love those that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

Andy is a typical early riser. Meaning he is usually up, dressed and sitting at the desk in his office by around seven every morning. Which causes him to see the sun began to filter cautiously thru the blinds and get stronger as morning passes.

Last December, the Virginia Military Institute removed a big statue of Stonewall Jackson. They are now hiding him in a museum. He was just one of many “celebrities” of the old south to vanish as American tries to change its history. I guess there really isn’t much wrong with the idea of change.

Years ago, songwriter Mac Davis penned the lyrics to a song about a tiny orphan girl who evidently longed to experience being loved. In the song, “WHOEVER FINDS THIS, I LOVE YOU” she writes a note containing those words, and it into the wind.

Did you make any New Year’s Resolutions a year ago? The University of Scranton did a study and found that 92% of people who make New Year’s resolutions fail to keep them. With such a high failure rate it’s no wonder people give up on making them.

It’s been six years since I completed my 57 th and final year as a teacher and I’ll be honest with you, in many ways I am glad that I am not having to face the classroom (and out of classroom) challenges that teachers are facing in this topsy-turvy year of the COVID and the situations it creates.

One of my all time favorite Christmas movies is “It’s A Wonderful Life.” Dayna and I watch it every December. One of my favorite quotes from the movie is when Clarence says “one man’s life touches so many others, when he’s not there it leaves an awfully big hole.

“OH, WOW, YA’LL HAVE CHRISTMAS!” Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.comEver had a three-year-old appear on your front porch with dazzled little eyes in a glowing face and pipe up, “Oh, wow! Ya’ll have Christmas!” I’m sure you have, and we did, too.

When Things Go Wrong at ChristmasEven though this is the season to be jolly. Even though trees and houses are sprinkled with cheery bright lights.

Leftovers from last week’s suggestions for holiday gift giving:MISCELLANEOUS GUIDELINES:1. Husband concedes that writing thank you notes for the entire household and buying gifts for husbuying gifts for husband’s business associates are not the Wife’s job.2.