Life is tough and the tough keep going. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. It doesn’t matter how many times you fall down; it matters how many times you get up. Just when you think you have given your all, give a little more. Always do one more rep. Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. There are lots of quotes about working harder, keeping going, but who is letting our younger generation know that there is light on the other side of the tunnel or that it often gets worse, right before it gets better? I spend time with a lot of young adults. I have four that grew up in our home, and I work with quite a few. It seems that many have forgotten or were not taught that you have to take the good with the bad. All the things that our parents told us when we were growing up. Or, at least mine did. My parents went through the great depression and WWII, Korea, Vietnam, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Nixon resigning and more. They were a hearty bunch and had been through a lot of disappointment and pain. However, it made them into the awesome people that they were. As a matter of fact, my mom passed away a year ago next week.
In the past few weeks, we’ve urged everyone in Navarre to participate in the upcoming straw poll on Oct. 12 regarding the city’s possible incorporation.
I took a moment to look at the spot in the driveway where our basketball court used to be while on a trip home a couple of weeks ago.
It’s safe to say it doesn’t look the same as it did in the 1980s and early 90s.
I just completed a summer sermon series in the Psalms, a common practice among churches. I was motivated by the need to preach more from the Old Testament and a desire to keep up my skills with the Hebrew language.
This past week we heard of the passing of Navarre icon Tommy Cox – the owner of Tommy’s Sno-balls. For decades, on any given day in the warm months, you would see carloads of people enjoying the cold treats at the foot of Navarre Beach bridge. During the school year he would reward honor roll students with a free sno-ball, he hired high school students to work the stand and learn about business and customer service, he volunteered his time with the Navarre Youth Sports Association, and there is story after story of how he impacted lives across our area. We are thankful he was part of our community – or maybe we were part of his. Either way, he will be missed – a lot. You can read more about Tommy’s life on page 2A.
High school sports means a lot to people in small towns, big cities and everywhere in between across the country.
It is a big deal to those who follow it, and everyone wants to see their respective high school team be successful. But sometimes it doesn’t always work out that way.
If you were to describe prayer to someone who knew nothing about it, how would you describe it? You might say, “Prayer is talking to God,” and, indeed, it is. Talking to God in prayer is the privilege of those who are God’s children in Christ Jesus.
Kaitie Kiger and I had a lot of fun Friday night at the Navarre High School vs. Choctaw High School Football game. We passed out our Fall Sports Guides with the help of some young volunteers, and we took pictures of the first quarter of the game. We appreciate all the help we get from the community on the coverage of the football games. Our long-time and talented sports reporter, Brian Lester, was covering the historic first game of Central High School in the north end of the county.
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Although it’s gone a bit under the radar as far as major labor strikes go, the Communication Workers of America remain on strike against AT&T.
