Live — Laugh Love & Sincerely Smile Through It All

By Ed Rhymer

A Scottish minister once said, you first have to realize you are lost before you can be saved.

We all take the walk through life with uncertainty. Decisions are continually made that affect our lives and those we love. We can only pray that God will ensure they are positive and beneficial.

You will find in this volume, thoughts and expressions of feelings, gleaned from the steps of the authors lifetime. Perhaps they will offer some comfort and guidance, in your daily walk.

Study and read and read again. Seek a greater understanding and perception of the challenges of life.

Pray for the Lords guidance in your daily walk. Develop your beliefs, strengthen your faith and be assured that God will provide for you and your safety as He guides your steps.

Should you reach the point in life where Jesus is all you have, then you will know, He is all you need. Rev. Paul T. Murphy, D.D.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Sep 29, 2014
• ISBN: 9781496939876

Ed Rhymer

The practice or habit, if you will, of thinking rapidly to converse intelligently, often leaves too much unsaid. Perhaps the author’s voice is best shown through his writings. That is the intention and hopefully the reader would desire to understand and think, before throwing the book upon the bonfire. After all, experience is the best teacher. And experience begins with learning. Every family has a history. Trusting in your faith, each one of us is required to dedicate ourselves, to the best outcome possible, for the benefit of each member of our family. It is the duty of each family member to protect and preserve the best of each generation as a guide for the future. That is the only way to protect your family and our society from the worst efforts of the dissenters.

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2014 Ed Rhymer. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

Published by AuthorHouse 9/29/2014

ISBN: 978-1-4969-3986-9 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4969-3987-6 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2014916584

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Contents

I   Life’s Beginning

II   A Learning Curve

III   Mixing It Up

IV   Step By Step

V   Choices

VI   The Plunge

VII   Reaching For The Stars

VIII   The World Around Us

IX   Drumbeats

X   Then You Know

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INTRODUCTION

Activity in life should always be looking forward. Forward to completion of the task at hand, with a positive outlook to success and therefore a job well done.

It is virtually impossible in today’s world, to think, walk and live in a completely positive way.

Of course, there have been many who were able to speak and relate with others, in a very positive manner. It has been my pleasure to meet a few of these individuals and it was a true joy to be in their company. It seemed evident, the majority of them lived with a complete commitment, to being like Jesus in their lives. The Holy Spirit appeared to be present in everything they do and they were always smiling. How wonderful it would be if the world could reach this level of contentment. Happiness and peace would indeed prevail.

Everyone’s thoughts, feelings, experiences are the culmination of a lifetime. In addition, they are enhanced through reading and study and the events occurring in the world around us each day.

Many exceptional thoughts are shown in this work and attributed to the known individuals. There are other special comments and writings that hopefully will be encouraging and inspirational to the reader.

It is not the writer’s desire to influence any reader’s opinion. The goal is and always should be to encourage you to read and read again and again. Study, learn and seek explanations for your thorough understanding. Only in this way can your perception and therefore, your ability to comprehend and understand a subject be successful.

You will find critiques of a few of the more significant conflicts existing in today’s world. These comments are intended to encourage the reader’s thoughts, toward a more comprehensive view of the subject. Then perhaps you will seek answers to many of these problems, work for their solutions and encourage others as well.

Nothing positive is accomplished in life by standing still.

Your life should not be relegated to the shelf of history.

ASSURANCE

Every effort has been made to be accurate, in attributing a comment or observation, to the original author. These are appropriately noted. In other cases, you will note ‘unknown’ is placed where identification could not be determined.

There is absolutely no intentional effort to discredit or overlook anyone.

Unidentified comments are those of the writer that were written down as thoughts, whenever they occurred. On occasion, an experience or thought created expansion and those remarks are also noted. A few of the