We wish a very happy 47th birthday to our baby boy, Rodney Darrell!

Good morning out there in that spin-cycle of a world we all live in, on this day, Tuesday, February 27, 2018. We pause to remember the birth of our youngest, Rodney Darrell, who clocks in today at the age of 47. Our Rodney has been the life of the party as far back as we can remember. He was doing his version of stand-up almost from the get-go. We are thankful for him, for the wonderful family God has entrusted to him, for his professional accomplishments, and for being our child. We pray that God will continue to work in his life as he continues his journey here. Sending our love, along with happy birthday wishes, mom, and dad.

Okay. The Winter Olympics are over and done with. I couldn't resist using that cartoon. It was posted on Facebook by my cousin, Cindy, who lives up in the Dallas area. The other day I was driving down the road listening to one of the sports channels and one of the announcers said he had a spoiler alert from the Olympics. The other guy on the program said go ahead. The fellow then said it had to do with the curling competition. The other guy interrupted, "Hey, wait just a minute, or you telling me that anything involving curling warrants a spoiler alert?" I guess curling just doesn't get much respect. There are many jokes out on the web that poke fun at this unusual sporting endeavor. Most of them or pretty silly. Like this one, "What do you call a curler who can't sleep? Sweepless." The curling community's favorite Bible verse, "He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone." ~ (John 8:7) They also take note of Shakespeare's thoughts from the play, 'As You Like It", "Sweep, you fat and greasy citizens." I want to be clear. I have watched a few rounds. I like how they talk to their teammates as well as encouraging the granite rock as it slides down the ice. I have a number of folks who profess themselves to be eyewitnesses of me doing a fair amount of talking to the TV, regardless of the sport, car racing, basketball, baseball, football, you name it. But, no one has ever accused me of doing that while watching curling. (I am well aware the U.S. men's curling team took the gold. I actually listened to a fanatical fan who is also a sports writer who thinks curling to be one of the greatest of all the competitions. His theory, "What's not to love?")

I had to write something about curling after seeing that curling cartoon. I'm sure a lot of the womenfolk who see it feel like belting out a hearty Amen! when they read that caption. I know. Womenfolk is probably on the hit list for offensive words. I read the other day where one group is attempting to advance an approach that would totally eliminate the word "man" from all languages. In their opinion, that word, in and of itself, is the root cause of much of the evil that exists in the world today. Pretty soon there will no longer be girls and boys along with designated names. Persons with no gender classification would have a neutral name that would not imply anything in particular. What's really behind this? I think it's clear. Many within our culture do not want what God has established, up to and including His truths pertaining to male and female. Genesis1:27 "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." ~ Genesis 5:2 "Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created." ~ Genesis 6:19 "And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female." ~ Genesis 7:16 "And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in." ~ Numbers 5:3 "Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell." ~ Matthew 19:4 "And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,..." ~ Mark 10:6 "But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female." ~ Some might say that's Old Testament thinking. Notice the words of Jesus, (red letters), where He confirms the truth concerning these matters. I think that makes it clear enough for menfolk and womenfolk. What say you? May God help us all to follow His truths. Amen. ....More later.