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Paul wrote: "For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities, his internal power and divine nature have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made so that man is without excuse."
--Romans 1:20

DECK OF CARDS (Part 1)

My Mom played the dobro. She had the most beautiful singing voice. She was also intensely shy; she refused to sing in public however at home with just her 3 children for an audience she would sing, pick and even yodel.

Most of the songs that she sang were old-time country spirituals. It was from these songs, through my Mother's voice, that I first began to get a glimmer of God's presence in my life.

Through time and experience that glimmer grew into a huge light that presented the Bible to me as the first authority on God's word and on the life of Jesus Christ. I also grew to an understanding of the power of the Holy Spirit in my life as a doorway to wisdom. I began to recognize the Holy Spirit speaking to my spirit and the presence of God in a way that was heard, felt and experienced as I walked through my daily life.

A teacher named Evelyn Unger planted a thought in me that spoke clearly to the notion that we do not all learn and understand things in the same way. What she said captured her philosophy on teaching: "If my students are unable to learn the way that I am teaching them, then I must teach them in a way that they understand."

How can anyone be surprised that our Creator would have known that about us, especially given the information in Romans 1:20. It is impossible to look at God's Creation without finding multiple examples of his qualities, power and nature.

The Holy Spirit can show us ways and things about God that we may have never understood had it not been for the generosity and grace of those things found in nature. This is the truth of my experience and in these communications I will attempt to offer those experiences to others.

Way back in my memory I recall my Mom reciting a story as she chorded on her dobro. It's about a WW II soldier who was in trouble with his sergeant. The soldier had brought a deck of cards to a church service on Sunday. This story will be in Part 2.