Truth - Tracy M. Smith

18 Feb

Who Says?

trsmith Bible, Blog, FakeNews, Lying, Success, Truth 2 0

Here’s a news flash for you: people lie. People lie all the time. I was very fortunate as a young girl. I had one of those faces that said, “I’m lying, and you know it.” Actually, I was doubly fortunate, because my mother told me, “Don’t even try to lie. It’s written all over your face.” So I was stuck with telling the truth. I just wish everybody else was stuck with the truth, too. I found that the best…..

31 May

No Earthly Good

trsmith Blog, Divorce, Forgiveness, Hope, Jesus, Salvation, Success, Truth 8 2

Too heavenly minded, and no earthly good. We’ve all heard it. It strikes fear in our hearts that we could become so interested in things that are “holy” that we will become genuine oddballs to our friends and family. I remember the first time I heard the message that Jesus’ death on the cross was payment for our sins and that we needed to ask for His forgiveness and accept that payment for ourselves personally. I had just graduated from…..

23 May

Nobody

trsmith Blog, Evil, humanity, Jesus, Lying, satisfaction, Terrorism, Truth 1 1

I was just listening to an Ex-Jihadi talk about his experience. He was drawn into becoming a terrorist. He said, “You can go from being a nobody to becoming a hero who will be remembered overnight.” Wow! That struck me for several reasons. First, how do you want to be remembered? Do you want to be remembered for doing something pure evil? Wouldn’t it be better to be forgotten forever than to be remembered for doing something horrible? I remember…..

25 Jan

A Yes Face

trsmith Blog, Book, Character, family members, Freedim, Government, Kindness, Lying, Patriotism, Traditions, Truth 3 1

During the Revolutionary War, the American army was crossing a river on horseback. A man was standing close to the crossing, watching the soldiers cross. When General Washington was about to cross, the man approached him and asked him for a ride across the river. Washington agreed, and the man mounted the horse behind Washington. Half way across the river, Washington asked the man why he waited for him and why he asked him and not the other soldiers. The…..

18 Oct

Pants on Fire

trsmith Blog, Book, Commandments, Lying, Truth 8 2

Admit it. Just once you would like the see their pants burst into flames. Liars. They are all around us. These days lying seems to have become an art form. Friends and family with an imaginary ax to grind. Co-workers wanting to gain an advantage. Witnesses on the stand in court. Mainstream media personalities wanting to achieve an agenda, not report the truth. Con men looking for fast and easy money. Politicians wanting power. It even extends to the highest…..

17 Aug

Words Have Meaning

trsmith Blog, Book, Character, Encouragement, Good Manners, Heart, Kindness, Power, Truth, Words 0 2

I like to write, that’s why I wrote “Choosing Life.” Words are the tools of my trade. Words are powerful. Remember, “The pen is mightier than the sword.” “In the beginning was the Word.” At the Great While Throne Judgment, we will have to answer for “every idle word.” That indicates that words, and their meanings, are very important to God as well as to us. The Politically Correct crowd love to change the meaning of words. We can’t call…..

09 Aug

Fantasy Land

trsmith Blog, Book, Commandments, family members, God, Life, Mothers, Truth 1 1

In “Choosing Life,” I told you about my dysfunctional family. Both my mother and my father were damaged people. They disowned me in 1975. In 1980, my father left my mother for a woman younger than me. My mother had been a diabetic since 1943. so my father left a very sick woman. He drained her bank accounts. I re-established contact with her when I learned that my father left. In 1987, her kidneys failed. I brought her into my…..

27 Jul

What’s in a Name

trsmith Blog, Book, Commandments, God, Jesus, Life, Lord, Mothers, Parenting, Power, Spiritual Warfare, Truth 1 1

In “Choosing Life,” I told you that I was a single parent raising two boys. When I bought our house, I bought it because it had three bedrooms and the garage had been converted into a pool room complete with a pool table. I didn’t even look at the kitchen. I don’t cook. The boys would bring their friends over to play pool. I would sit in the family room, with the door to the pool room open. I had…..

19 Jul

Looking Good

trsmith Blog, Body Image, Book, Feelings, God, Life, Teaching Children, Truth 1 1

In “Choosing Life,” I told you that I was disowned. I was a single parent, working 9 or 10 hours a day, 6 days a week, to feed my kids and pay the bills. I felt like I had been sold into slavery. And I had a sinus infection. So, on my way home from work one night, I had to stop at the pharmacy to pick up a prescription my doctor called in. Back in the car, I was…..

28 Jun

Why the Cross?

trsmith Blog, Book, Cross, Jesus, Relationship with God, Sharing, Testimony, Truth 0 1

In “Choosing Life,” I told you about my career as a CPA. I worked in both public and private companies. Early in my career, I worked for another CPA in a private company. I’ll call her Judy. She was younger than me. Judy was one of those women who built her career and then had her children. Her husband was a house-husband, an artist, and a Buddhist. She had been turned off early by religion and didn’t mind her husband…..

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