Davy Jones Dead of a Heart Attack at 66

Singer Davy Jones of the 60s singing group The Monkees has died of a heart attack at age 66. Here he is in 1967. 



As recently as June of 2011, Jones told The Palm Beach Post that after a routine stress test, a doctor said he had the heart of a 25-year-old. "The doctor says my heart's so good, the door's open to do any kind of exercise I want," he told the paper.


When we hear things like this from a doctor we are happy and of course do not mind paying the bill. We also will do what the doctor has said. If the doctor says slow down we slow down. If the doctor says do things we do things. 


Why do Christians pay heed to doctors but not to Jesus? Jesus is "the author and finisher of our faith." His Word tells us that "by His stripes we are healed." He is always right. Clearly Davy Jones doctor was not right. Yet people will continue to go to a fallible doctor and still ignore God's Word. 


David Sneed

Future Peception

There is a quote I like from Marilee Zdenek who has written on right brain thinking.

She said "The minute you alter your perception of yourself and your future, both you and your future begin to change.

This is especially meaningful to Christians. We are told in the Bible in Romans 12:2 to "be ye transformed by the renewing of our minds."

Whether one selects a Cowboy Safety type business this is a relevant concept. It is a certainty that without a vision we will be in bondage.

Our future as Christians should start with seeking Jesus and to seek to have the faith of God.

David Sneed

Forgiveness - An Expanded Definition

I was on the road most of this week and did hear something of special interest. Mostly because it is something quite obvious.

Have you ever heard people who will say that God has forgiven them but they cannot forgive themselves? That obviously means that they have a higher standard than God. If God has forgiven then we also should forgive. Either ourselves or others.

What is forgiven? We tend to think the answer is sin. What about sorrows? What about successes from the past? If we dwell on forgiven sin, sorrows, and successes we cannot have joy today. And we may go to an early grave.

I'm still meditating on all of this.

David Sneed