Watts' Words

Okay, as unpopular as this is, I admit it, “This time of year gives me heart palpitations,” (not good ones) but not for the reasons you might think.  For some, it is the best time of year while, for others, it is the most trying time of year. Every August 1 is a reminder for me of one of the truest, yet for any person of faith, the most heartbreaking & heart-wrenching statements to have been spoken in modern times.  Sadly, many dismiss it as a reality from which there is no recovery.  The statement comes from the movie, “Concussion”.  This movie depicts the ‘David versus Goliath’ struggle of Dr. Bennet Omalu against the NFL because of his discovery that brain concussions lead to CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy).  It is in the heat of this struggle that the following enlightening and disturbing conversation is said to Dr. Omalu; “You are going to battle with a corporation that has 20 million people each week craving its product.  They OWN the...

The title of this piece comes from a question that has been rolling around in my mind for quite some time.  The initial response from anyone and everyone is 'yes', 'sure', "who  in their right mind wouldn't want to go there?" To seriously ask someone that question (at least someone in the south), is to receive a response that goes something like this, "S eriously? Give me a break, who wouldn't want to go there, after all, it's the "sweet by and by" with gates of pearl, streets of gold, walls of jasper, and you get a mansion!  It's a place you'll never grow old, there's no sickness, sorrow, or pain, and the greatest thing of all is that we get to see our family and friends who have gone on before us and it will be great ."  Sound familiar?  All of us, at one time or another, have pondered these thoughts. With these thoughts as a backdrop, consider this question, "H ave you ever gone somewhere 'thinking' i...

 It is on an infrequent schedule that I blog.  Most of the time, I keep my thoughts to myself except for spiritual occasions.  However, I write the following words because this event has garnered much attention.  These are my personal thoughts about this.

 Without excuse, I know that I blog way too little, particularly with all the happenings, situations, and circumstances of our day.  It's like we are living the days of foretold prophecies in real time.  Whether you read the newspaper, watch the news, stay up online, OR READ THE BIBLE, they all are in harmony.   This outbreak of unprovoked aggression on the other side of the world should serve as a catalyst of sorts or a 'cold-water in the face' type of events to awaken us to the truth, that while not likely today, this world is destroying itself because, in the whole, it has rejected creator God and His Son, Christ Jesus.   Each day, I received many solicited (that means I 'signed-up' for them) blogs, articles, and the like through emails.  Since a preacher friend and I had an unplanned breakfast with Dr. Robert Jeffress, I have signed up for his mailings plus purchased several of his books.  He is doing a great job of preparing his people (...