Following Gods Way: The Right Way

By B. G. Starkey

Try Following God's Way.

Following God's Way is based upon the Bible's guidance, our common sense, and our knowledge of wrong and right.

Following God's Way is a guide to ethics and decency, a moral compass to take dark to light.

We have free will, and we have choices, which are ours alone to make.

It is how we respond to situations, and the consequences of which we choose to take.

Following God's Way offers ways to live your life, presenting the right things for us to do.

Following God's Way gives a refresh to what you already know, an external reminder of what's inside of you.

Following God's Way helps us avoid any future regrets and any wishes of "Why did I do that?" or "Why did I say that?"

Be a believer and a teacher of Following God's Way, and try to always stay on it; it is really the very best way to live your life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Feb 12, 2024
• ISBN: 9798891305731

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Following Gods Way

The Right Way

B. G. Starkey

ISBN 979-8-89130-572-4 (paperback)

ISBN 979-8-89130-573-1 (digital)

Copyright © 2024 by B. G. Starkey

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods without the prior written permission of the publisher. For permission requests, solicit the publisher via the address below.

Christian Faith Publishing

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All Bible quotes are from Open Bible.com

Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

This book is dedicated to my family.

From the left: Jill, Kim (in my wife's arms), my wife Shirley, Ken (pushing stroller), Karen, and Cliff (both in stroller)

To my family, I love you all very much. I wish I could have been the husband and the father you might have expected and are entitled to.

Our Children

Our family consists of five of the best that God ever designed

Each is different, all are special, and each has a very good mind

Ken is the oldest, he is looked up to by the others; he is caring and helpful to us all

Next comes Karen, she shined as an artist, a whistler, a good mom, she's on the ball

Jill is next, tiny at birth, a top nurse, and a good mom that you would like

Our fourth child is Cliff, who loves nature and building things since he was a tike

Kimberly is last, energetic and a good, loving mom, who left us before she should

All five had the advantage of a great mom, who gave them all the love that she could

She gave that love through care and teaching and shaped the lives of each one

The Best Mom and Children

We really have five of the best children that you could wish for

They have good brains, good looks, and so much more

My wife gets the credit for how each one turned out

She raised them right and raised them well; of that there is no doubt

She gave them rules and gave them love, and helped each one to grow

She always knew the perfect balance; she was the very best you know

Children don't come with directions, and each one is different from the last

New parents need to be a quick study and learn well and learn fast

Their physical and emotional needs, their training, and their discipline too

To do it all and do it well for five is more that most could do

She made this world a better place for those of us she knew

She always thought of others first, she always knew what to do

Your mom is a critical person in your early life, shaping your life to be

Your formative years depend on your mom, and she never charges a fee

What Is an Ode?

Following God's Way

Consul of God

The Most Important Thing in Your Life

Parenting

Our Family

Grandchildren

Just the Way It Goes

God Made a Dog

Intensity

Demanding

Carelessness

Procrastination

Focus

Forgetfulness

More Benevolence

Idealism

Visionary

Thoroughness

Accessibility

Decisions

Not So Fast

Anticipatory

Emotional

Competition

Efficiency

God Said It Best (Praise for Women)

The Purpose of Life

Emptiness

More on Wisdom

Do It Right

About Prayer

Temptation

Help

Greedy

Please Tell Me

Hold Your Opinion

Pretentious

Hesitation

Perspective of God

Purpose of Life II

Mistakes

Three to One

Curiosity

Criticism

Preparedness

Disappointment

Awareness

Excuses

Unselfishness

Consideration

Ambition

Decisiveness

Reflection

Arrogance

Being Wrong

Sloppiness

Asking

Imagination

Pettiness

Determination

Caution

Childishness

Narrow-Mindedness

Circumspection

Complacency

Fatalism

Presumptuous

Desperate

Frustration

Pompousness

Things We Will Not Know

Time for the Elderly

Insecurity

Tactless

Extravagance

Teaching and Learning

Relationship with God

Do you care?

Think Ahead

Punctuality

Dependability

Argumentative

Well, Bless Your Soul

Opinionated

Secretive

Conceitedness

Erratic

Questions Please

Determination

Passiveness

Insensitivity

Amiable

Reliability

Vindictiveness

Meanness

Flexibility

Intolerance

Cooperative

More Reliability

Frivolousness

Gullibility

Deviousness

Vulnerable

Conciliation

The Will to Win

Keep Your Promise

Hate

Who Decides

Your Opinion

Do You Think?

Keep It to Yourself

God's Purpose

Life

God's Love

Talk to God

She Was My Life

What Is It?

Don't Take All Things for Granted

Inquisitive

Give

Optimism

Emotional Intelligence

Enthusiasm

Diligence

Benevolence

I Promise

Paranoia

Love and Admiration

Unrealistic

Waiting

Try for Perfection and Settle for Your Best

Naivety

About Love

Graciousness

Ego

Principled

Genuine

Observant

Uncomplaining

Selflessness

Articulate

Easily Discouraged

Encouragement

Doing Good

Friendship Love

Purposeful Unknowns

Touch

A Hug

Blessings

I Was Blessed

I Lived to Love Her

The Greatest Gift of All

Why I Wrote This Book

Acknowledgments

About the Author

This book is dedicated to my family.

From the left: Jill, Kim (in my wife's arms), my wife Shirley, Ken (pushing stroller), Karen, and Cliff (both in stroller)

To my family, I love you all very much. I wish I could have been the husband and the father you might have expected and are entitled to.

Our Children

Our family consists of five of the best that God ever designed

Each is different, all are special, and each has a very good mind

Ken is the oldest, he is looked up to by the others; he is caring and helpful to us all

Next comes Karen, she shined as an artist, a whistler, a good mom, she's on the ball

Jill is next, tiny at birth, a top nurse, and a good mom that you would like

Our fourth child is Cliff, who loves nature and building things since he was a tike

Kimberly is last, energetic and a good, loving mom, who left us before she should

All five had the advantage of a great mom, who gave them all the love that she could

She gave that love through care and teaching and shaped the lives of each one

The Best Mom and Children

We really have five of the best children that you could wish for

They have good brains, good looks, and so much more

My wife gets the credit for how each one turned out

She raised them right and raised them well; of that there is no doubt

She gave them rules and gave them love, and helped each one to grow

She always knew the perfect balance; she was the very best you know

Children don't come with directions, and each one is different from the last

New parents need to be a quick study and learn well and learn fast

Their physical and emotional needs, their training, and their discipline too

To do it all and do it well for five is more that most could do

She made this world a better place for those of us she knew

She always thought of others first, she always knew what to do

Your mom is a critical person in your early life, shaping your life to be

Your formative years depend on your mom, and she never charges a fee

What Is an Ode?

A lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter.

Following God's Way

God's Way is not a crooked path; it is a super highway straight and true

There are no curves, no potholes to avoid, once you're on it, it protects you

It takes you where you are going, and it is the safest, fastest way

There are entry ramps so you can always enter, if you have gone astray

A way to live your life with no regrets, while getting you to where you want to go

You will never be sorry to go this way; this is something you should know

Being on and following God's Way will deliver you to where you want to be

Proverbs 3:6

In all your ways acknowledge Him, and