Live Fire with Chuck Holton

Someone is out to get me.

I stifled a groan on Christmas morning, as my four year old son screeched with glee after opening another of the roughly seventy gifts that had his name on it. A six hundred-piece Lego set. We had repeatedly asked, and in some cases begged our extended family not to send us any more toys. I tried to look at the wrapping to see whom to blame, but the perpetrator conveniently forgot to claim this one. I suddenly realized that this must be a conspiracy. My children were in cahoots with my parents, with help from Mattel and the Teletubbies, to drive me insane, and/or kill me.
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From George Washington’s Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior

Rule 110


“Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.”

“No one serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs – he wants to please his commanding officer.” 2 Timothy 2:4

Life as an Airborne Ranger is difficult in every way. The amount of misery that must be endured to become one of these elite soldiers pales only in comparison to the rigors of actually being one. Some ask why, then, anyone would want to join their ranks…
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The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for the Lord upholds him with His hand.—Psalm 37:23-24

To the child of God, there is no such thing as accident. He travels an appointed way. The path he treads was chosen for him when as yet he was not, when as yet he had existence only in the mind of God.
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