Sunday Morning Sanity

Sunday Morning Sanity

You can't deserve mercy, Mercy is only mercy when all you have left is mercy! Pastor Carter Conlon

I hope you have a super great Sunday.

Davy

Jeff and Sheri Easter June 2024

Hey Friends

This is Odie checking from the beach cottage. Thanks for stopping by to visit with me. 

Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad

First things first, today is my parent's anniversary! I want to wish Mom and Dad a Happy Anniversary!

Congrats on making it to number 39! I love you both so much! I pray this is your best year yet!

Jeff and Sheri Easter June 2024

Today, I am here to tell you about some fun from the first Friday of June. Jeff and Sheri Easter were scheduled to be in Hillsboro, Ohio.

I heard about this concert in March and quickly told my friends, the Stansells. They are big fans of Jeff and Sheri Easter’s music, too, and they immediately planned to attend the concert. 

The Stansells invited me to tag along with them if my schedule allowed. I was able to work my trip to visit my family in Hillsboro into that week. I met up with my dear friends for dinner and the concert and then rode back to Waynesville with them. It worked out great for me! 

Dinner consisted of another trip to Ponderosa! Yes, the Hillsboro Ponderosa is good enough to have twice in one week. Yet, I failed again to snap any food pictures!

After dinner, we headed to the Hillsboro Church of the Nazarene. We wanted to get there early enough to get a good seat. This was the second concert that the Stansells and I had attended at this church.

The doors opened at 5 p.m. We paid the admission fee and made our way into the sanctuary. We found great seats and settled in to wait for the 6 p.m. start time.

Here is a picture of me, Jeff Easter, Stephanie and Timmy Stansell.

 

This is Timmy and me, ready for the concert to start.

The setup. Before the concert, a Gaither Jeff and Sheri Easter video was playing. It was neat to look back on some of their older material that I had not heard in a long time!

Me, Stephanie, Timmy and Rick. These are my awesome cousin friends, and it is always fun spending time with them!

Ladies and Gentlemen, introducing Jeff and Sheri Easter.

The amazingly talented Sheri Easter.

Jack Carter now plays drums and sings background vocals. Fun fact: Jack's parents met when they worked for Jeff and Sheri years ago.

I enjoy Jeff's singing. He is one of the most underrated singers in southern gospel.

Sheri was singing from the heart that night. It was special!

The whole gang.

Jeff 

Sheri read us an excerpt from one of her devotionals.

This year, Tanner Duckworth is a new addition to the Jeff and Sheri Easter full time lineup.

Here is another fun tidbit of info for you. Jeff and Sheri celebrated 39 years of marriage this month. They were married several days before my Mom and Dad in June 1985.

Tanner is a guitar-picking machine. You can look him up on YouTube to hear some of his incredible picking.

Timmy, Me and Stephanie were able to grab a quick picture with both Jeff and Sheri Easter.

Soon, it was time for the night to end. I was so glad to be in attendance at this wonderful concert. It was a fantastic night of music, singing and fellowship with friends.

Thanks to the Nazarene Church for hosting the evening! Thank you to Jeff and Sheri Easter, Tanner Duckworth and Jack Carter for the awesome music and singing! We thoroughly enjoyed being in service with you! 

I want to thank the Stansells for allowing me to tag along with them! It was fun making more memories with my dear cousin friends! I love you all so much! 

That wraps up this concert recap. See you next time.

Odie

Kelly Jo And Ribeye

First the ribeye and then the more important subject of Kelly Jo. 

Last year for our wedding anniversary we went to Longhorn with my parents and Odie and enjoyed a great meal in celebration. I had the Outlaw Ribeye and loved every last bite. 

June 2023

Some of you will remember that a few weeks ago I ate a few bites of ribeye for the first time since the stroke in December. It tasted fabulous but it was not easy to eat and I was eating in front of KJo only. 

I determined then that we would return to Longhorn after a long absence on our wedding anniversary and try to eat some fantastic ribeye. We plan to go again with my parents and Odie and see how it goes. 

I will start with a salad which I am able to swallow most of the time and then a few bites of steak IF I can handle it. I have struggled to eat most solids this week because of tiredness so no guarantees. I sure would love to eat some though. 

KJo 

But the main focus of the day is to celebrate 39 years of being married to the beautiful and talented Kelly Jo! I have been head over heals for her for longer than that but the last 39 years have been amazing. 

The day of our Anniversary will also mark six months since the stroke. There have been a few very dark days the last six months but i have been blessed with light in Kelly Jo. She has been a shining representation of encouragement, grace, strength, courage and class. 

I am almost embarrassed at the riches that I possess it terms of a wife to walk along beside me through great times and incredibly difficult times. 

She is absolutely dedicated to helping me get back on my feet, back on the road and being instruments of revival as much as possible. She is also entirely open to switching gears and changing direction if that is required. 

I can not express how refreshing that has been to me through this journey and how much hope it gives me for our future. I am a fabulously wealthy man indeed. 

I know this and I know it well.  

However, it has amazed me how many of my close friends have observed the notable riches I have been granted in Kelly Jo. I have loss track how many have commented on her commitment to my good and her tireless energy in taking up my slack in every area. 

They are proud of KJo and astounded at the demonstration of her boundless love for me and her engagement in my care and recovery. Their heartfelt compliments have put a big smile on my face and bounce in my still unsteady step. 

Not only have friends and family noticed my riches but several hospital staffers and therapists have made the same comments. They have placed great confidence in my recovery due in large part to the devotion of KJo to that cause. 

Kelly Jo is never comfortable with the attention of others. That is not why she does anything she takes on. But she deserves every ounce of praise I can muster today. I have been blessed as much or more than any man!

Tomorrow we will mark 39 years since we stood in front of a few family and friends and said “I do”. Neither of us really knew what we were singing up for but I definitely got the far better end of the deal. 

Happy Anniversary KJo! I love you!😍😍🎂🎉🎊

Thank you very much for reading today. I believe a few Amens would be appropriate. 😎

Davy

David and Svea Flood, An Inspiring New Drama From Australia

Please stay with me for a moment as I tell you about a precious video that was sent to me a few weeks ago from Australia. 

Those of you who have known us very long, know that the life of Svea Flood has had a tremendous impact on my life. I can not imagine not knowing her story and not living with the inspiration it has provided to me in the pursuit of men and women for Christ.

David and Svea Flood left Sweden with their toddler son in 1921 bound for the Belgian Congo. Their time was filled with uninmagined difficulty and Svea only won one convert to Christ before dying 17 days after giving birth.

I have told the story dozens of times over the last 16 years or so! Here is a brief recap that I told on A Word For Wednesday in 2021.

I can not fully describe for you the impact Svea Flood had on my life and still has today.

In May I was contacted by some precious people in Australia, Deon and Kirsty van Tonder, who wrote a drama and produced it along with some home school families. I was thrilled all the way through it. I know these details well but I wept and cried as though I was hearing it for the very first time.

I recommend it highly. It is necessarily lengthy to tell the story, but even if you need to watch it is small bits over a few days, the life of Svea Flood will touch you! It inspires me all over again to give my life to the cause of Christ.

Thank you for joining us today.

Davy

A Word For Wednesday, The Hill of Difficulty, Boggs Family Ministries

Good Morning! Thank you for joining us today. We are so happy to bring you A Word For Wednesday. A few moments ago I posted A Word for Wednesday on our YouTube Channel. Please give it a listen and leave us a comment here or on YouTube. 

A story today from a man named Christian in the book Pilgrim's Progress. He faced the hill of difficulty on his journey to the Celestial City. Every person who starts toward Heaven will face difficulty and they will be offered opportunities to turn around or compromise. We must determine we are going to make it!

To go back is certain death, I must go forward! I will yet go forward.

Thank you for reading and watching today.

Davy

More Good News at GoodNews!

I received a great email from Bro. Shobnke in Nigeria over the weekend. I was happy to hear wonderful news. I will show you the pictures and then talk a bit about it.

Can you believe your eyes? The second story of the new building at GoodNews Christian School is taking shape and it looks super. There is much more to be done but this is the priority at this moment.

"We want to first do the finishes of the ground floor like plastering, electrical work, doors, windows and painting for  each class so that the school can begin to use the Ground Floor before September which is the next session of the school Academic Calendar "

We are thankful that God has allowed us to be a part of supporting GoodNews School and helping to build this additional building. By God’s grace, we hope to help complete this project. 

I also love keeping you up-to-date on this. I love what God has done and what God is doing. Thank you for praying for us and thank you for helping us to help our friends.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Davy

The Weekend Dispatch 6/24/24

This weekend was wonderful with family, friends and church. First Kelly’s mom dad came for an afternoon visit and we enjoyed it tremendously.

The rest of the afternoon was spent in final preparation for our first live revival service of our Summer Revival Series. There was a lot of work going into getting ready, but we enjoyed it very much.

We received this picture from my niece Deidre. She captured my brother holding Chloe Jean while she is watching the revival service. That made me smile broadly. 

Saturday we received a welcome visit fro our old friend David Riddell. David and I go back 42 years this summer. We spent a bunch of years in close proximity with David and it was so nice to see him. 

David has faced some serious health challenges recently. The Lord has helped Him but he has a ways to go. Please pray for David. 

I mentioned we were considering going to a local church that night and David jumped on board. KJo and I met David and his mother at church and enjoyed seeing people we had not seen in years. 

Pastor Danny Lamb and his church have been faithful to pray for us this year and regularly encourage us. We had been looking for an opportunity to visit them and say thank you. It was a wonderful night. 

Sunday we were up and at it early and drove about an hour to West Harrison, Indiana to preach for our dear friend Pastor Wade Hicks and the West Harrison Pentecostal church. We had a lovely service and a great response during the preaching. 

I was very tired after church, but I consented to go watch them eat at a Mexican place in town. I determined to eat just a very few bites of some soft refried beans, cheese sauce and chorizo. Unfortunately, I got choked up really bad. 

That sent me backward with public eating, but really, I knew better with the way I was feeling. When I am dragging, I need to control my ambition and slow down. I reckon it is a learning process for me. 

Odie got some great pictures at church for you.

Thank you very much for stopping in today. We have A Word for Wednesday planned for you and also a live revival service Friday night at 8 PM Eastern.

Davy

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