From the Home Place

June 3, 2026

Well, even with several chances for rain, we didn’t get any of it. Today, we will start with 47 and reach 81 this afternoon. The weather man is predicting no rain for our area today, so maybe we’ll get a some moisture?

Yesterday I traveled an hour north/east of our house to help a friend brand a batch of calves. The wind blew so hard that I reverted to a cap instead of my Stetson. All of the time we were branding we had lots of wind and just enough rain to make us hustle to get done. When we loaded up to come home, the sun came out and the wind idled down – but it was still a great day to be in the middle of cattle.

Miss Deb volunteered at our local museum during the morning, so when I got home, I started studying for lessons this Sunday. I spent most of the afternoon and a good part of the evening in study, it’s always good to spend some extended time with my face in a Bible. I’ve been at this Bible reading thing since 1982 and I still discover new truths every time I open it.

Yesterday, the Holy Spirit opened my eyes to a cool correlation between an Old Testament truth and a New Testament truth that I had never noticed before. I’ll be sharing that nugget with the folks in Guernsey on Sunday!

May I encourage you to sit down with your Bible and a notebook and spend a block of time reading and writing. It’s always a good idea to write down the special nuggets that you find so you won’t forget them at a later date, and perhaps someone else will read some of your writings someday after you have graduated to heaven.

When you find those special golden nuggets within the pages of your Bible, write them down and then tell someone else about your findings. The more avenues we use to share God’s amazing truths with others, the more likely we are to remember and apply them. For you see my friend, find a nugget doesn’t do much good unless you share it with someone else.

I think that is the way our Heavenly Father has designed this thing to work. He has recorded His workings in and through the lives of all kinds of people in the Bible so that we can read and study about those adventures. Perhaps, He also wants us to share our findings with those around us, just like He has first shared with us.

Yes, there are times that God’s word is intended just for you on a certain day, however if you don’t share that blessing with other people, they may never know of that passage when they need it to help them make it through a trial that comes into their life. I am of a strong opinion that too often when we don’t share what God is teaching us; we quite likely end up robbing someone else of their blessing. Maybe I should have just said it this way, “When we don’t share, we don’t care.”

Yesterday was such a day for me, I shared something the Holy Spirit was working on me with, and the guy I told about it said, “Wow, I’m so glad to hear that because I’ve been struggling in the exact way.” We were able to have a great conversation about a circumstance in our lives, and before long we had gathered a crowd of guys interested in the same topic.

So, whatever golden nugget the Lord might present you with today, be sure to tell someone else about it. The treasure of God’s word is meant to be shared; He designed it that way. In Isaiah 6 and several other places as well, God says, “Go and tell this people.” To fulfill His command, you don’t have to be a teacher nor a preacher, just be you, talking about what God has revealed to you. Who knows, it might not be too long before you gather a crowd of folks who are curious about your findings.

Sharing and caring with you, Neal