Deacons likewise must be men of dignity, not double-tongued, or addicted to much wine or fond of sordid gain, 9 but holding to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. 10 These men must also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons if they are beyond...
Dewayne Spivey
Faces
All of God’s creation fascinates me. From time to time different things will draw my specific attention. This past week it was faces. We all have two eyes, two ears and one nose with two nostrils. From a distance it can be pretty hard to distinguish the faces...
Thank You
On behalf of our family, we all want to express our thanks to you for all that you have done for us in the loss of our Mother, Ann Spivey. Your prayers, the cards, the flowers and plants, your visits, and the many personal expressions of sympathy you have expressed to...
Baby Ann
My family will have different reactions to the title. Some will laugh. Some will recall a memory. Some may even think I shouldn’t have written it. When my mother was born, October 9, 1929, she was named Baby Ann Spivey. The name remains on her birth certificate to...
Cleaning Out
I took some time this week to clean out some pictures and videos stored on my phone and computer. It has been needed for a while now. Our Grands love to use my phone to make videos and weird pictures. By weird, I mean they love to take a picture and distort their...
Are you ready for Monday, August 21, 2017? The time for the eclipse in Nashville, TN is as follows: 11:58—Eclipse begins 1:27—Total eclipse begins 1:29—Total eclipse ends 2:54—Eclipse ends If you stay in the Birmingham area, you will only see a partial eclipse—92%, I...
August Rain
I drove to the office this morning, August 8, in a pouring rain. The ditches were overflowing and water covered the road in places. This is August in Alabama and the grass is still green and growing. I have even considered mowing my grass twice a week in order to keep...
A Billboard
Our 1,009 mile, one way, drive to Nebraska took us through parts of seven states and the border of an eighth. It was a beautiful drive, and made even more enjoyable by those who waited for us at the end of the road. Driving through Missouri we saw a particular...
Uplift Ready
Are you Uplift ready?!! If you have no idea what I’m talking about then you have not spent much time with our 2017 senior class. I was first asked the question on the Sunday we left for Maywood Camp. Marshall Dyer, with Iphone in hand was the one who asked. It seems...
You Crazy Bird
I watched as a male Cardinal perched on the top rail holding our hummingbird feeders. Soon he was joined by a female Cardinal. The male was standing tall, but the female landed crouching low with her head down and looking up at the male. He gave her a glance but...
A Question Worth Considering
According to Isaiah chapter 36, in the fourteenth year of Hezekiah, king of Judah, Sennacherib, king of Assyria invaded Judah. The Assyrian king sent his military officer to speak to the people of Judah. He asked this question, “On what do you rest this trust of...
Whose In Control?
The LORD is in his holy temple; let all the earth be silent before him. (Habbakuk 2:20 NIV) He rules in righteousness. He will accomplish His will. We need to hush and learn to listen to Him. A companion verse to Habbakuk 2:20 13 Come now, you who say, "Today or...
When Will It End?
Is it because we now have 24/7 world wide news coverage? Is hatred and division growing? Are evil deeds increasing more and more in our lifetime or do we just hear more about it? When will it end? When will things get better? Or, will they? Out of the gloom and out of...
Vacation Bible School 2017
As I write this, we are half way through our Vacation Bible School for this year. And it is another great year. A visitor approached me last night and said, “Some of my friends ask me, ‘Why do you drive all the way to Birmingham for a Vacation Bible School?’”...
Interruptions
I called Terry a few weeks ago to ask him a question. I began by apologizing for interrupting him. To which he replied, “Dewayne, remember that Jesus’ life was one interruption after another.” How true that was. How true that still is for all of us. How many days go...
Lord, How Did You Do It?
I don’t believe it is necessary to offer specifics. Just to seriously contemplate the question is enough to fill the mind with wonder. If you have a fair knowledge of Jesus, you begin to see some answers. But how did he do it? How did he hang in shame and unbearable...
Who Are You Jesus?
The woman at the well in Samaria said, “I know Messiah (Christ) is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.” Jesus said to her, “I am he.” (John 4:26) “I am the bread of life. The living bread that came down out of heaven.” (John 6:35, 51)...
In Christ
In Christ is the place of every spiritual blessing God has to give. Because in Christ is the place God chose for all of His blessing to be received. He made this choice before He created the world. In Christ we are adopted to be the children of God. In Christ God has...
Context, Context, Context
What’s your answer to the following question? When the Sanhedrin gnashed their teeth at him, Stephen looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus doing what at the right hand of God? (Acts 7:55-56) A. Standing. B. Sitting. C. Weeping. D. Shouting. This...
More Than A Snake Story
Paul’s journey to Rome was, to say the least, an adventure. Driven by hurricane force winds for fourteen days and then crashing into the shore of an island called Malta. Most people familiar with the story recorded in Acts chapters 27 & 28 also know that when they...