When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed, When you are discoursed thinking all is lost, Count your many blessings, name them one by one And it will surprise you what the Lord has done. Are you ever burdened with a load of care? Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear? Count your many blessings, every doubt will fly, And you will be singing as the days go by.
What went on at Thanksgiving in the recent historical past of Palo Pinto County? Here are but a few memories: The Sunday before the Thanksgiving of 1937 First Presbyterian Church of Mineral Wells presented a Thanksgiving cantata called “The Light Everlasting.” It was preceded by an organ concert by Mrs. R.
My dear old dad, who absented his earthly life three decades ago, loved good jokes--both the hearing and the tellingwith a slight leaning toward the latter. He shared them on workdays with his co-workers and at gatherings of kinfolk.
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Captain Ralph Ripley was born on October 25, 1751, in Windham, Windham, Connecticut Colony, in the then British Colonial America. His father was Joshua Ripley, his mother Elizabeth Lathrop.
Hi Y’all! Hope everyone has had a good week. Days are now cool and nights are cold.
I really don’t understand when a person is offered a free ride with no strings attached why would anyone turn it down? I want to describe a life offer, and so I ask, “What is the problem that many turn down the incredible offer?”
Yes, times are tough right now. But there is always something to be thankful for. So, on this Thanksgiving, why not give thanks for everything you have - regardless of how little – instead of dwelling on what you don’t have? If you are missing someone or something, be thankful they, or it, are or have been a part of your life.
All truths in the Word of God should be considered of utmost importance, but some should perhaps be needed to be taught earlier in one’s relationship to God to make it easier to understand Him and what He’s looking for in us.
Palo Pinto County has a history of some great sheriffs, including our current sheriff, Brett McGuire. As we were part of the wild west when our county was first formed, a tough man with strong leadership abilities was a necessity, and Palo Pinto County needed such a man when it was formed in 1856 from Bosque and Navarro Counties.