Do you know a time traveler?

Excuse me, I have a favor to ask 

Or to whom it may concern

I just really wanna go back 

Time has done me a terrible act

Do you know a time traveler? 

I would love to meet him 

Id beg for just one hour

To see my family still breathing

To see momma’s smile

That contagious grin

I’d let her baby me for a while

Hug the tar outta her again and again 

To hear Barry playing the drums 

He’d see me watching him from the stairs 

Hands me the sticks and teaches me “here comes the sun”. 

To hear a knock on the door at midnight 

Baby sister is scared, needs me to kill the monsters.

Can I have extra time with her please?

Dial the time back an extra hour for me.

I still need time

 please I’ll double my offer. 

Do you know a time traveler? 

I need to find him 

I’ll give him every last dollar 

To be with them again 

How you bleed

“As the hard frosts in winter bring on the flowers in the spring, and as the night ushers in the morning-star, so the evils of affliction produce much good to those that love God.”
-Thomas Watson 

Much is said regarding affliction. Whether it be dealing with tragedy, death , disease, addiction..etc, most of what is said sounds something like this:

You can get out of this! 
Time will heal! 
Stay busy, to keep your mind off of it! 
Or my favorite, satan is attacking you, fight back! 

Not all of that is false, but it certainly isn’t all true either.

I do think it would be be to ask this question:

How do you bleed? 

Obviously I’m speaking in metaphorical terms, but hear me out. 

How do you bleed in times of hardship? 
Or better said...what do you bleed?
Is it via a choice drug or alcohol? Many see it as a “escape”. 

Maybe you bleed depression. Many tend to close everyone and everything out during difficult times.

Maybe you bleed anxieties. Difficult and tragic times can lead some to be anxious and worry about everything. 

Maybe you bleed anger. 

Maybe you bleed pleasure. 

Maybe you bleed “staying busy to keep my mind off things”

Maybe you bleed “fill in the blank”.


How do you deal with death? 
How do you deal with the pain and grief?
How do you handle it?


I know I have listed a plethora of questions. 
But the answer to these questions are extremely important. 

Whatever it is you are going through, maybe good or bad. 
When the evils of the life hit you like a ton of bricks. what are you going to do? 

I certainly don’t have all the answers to life’s difficult questions. 
 And I certainly don’t know all there is about pain and suffering. 

But there is only one way to make it through. 
Only by Gods grace. 
And providentially He has set forth help for us:

Bleed the Word
- God gave us a “survivor handbook” at our disposal.
Absorb it all like a sponge! 
Bleed Prayer
- We have access to God , you can talk to him anytime, He will come to your aid! 
-but also remember this:
Silence is not the absence of God.
Bleed fellowship
- if you think for one second you can through this alone you are fooling yourself! 
Bleed Praise
-sing to the Lord! Praise Him! Are you breathing? Who gave you that breathe? 
Bleed thanksgiving:
Don’t forget all the many things God has done for you 
Bleed the Gospel:
Preach the Gospel to yourself everyday
Remember constantly where you were (before Christ) and where you are (in Christ).
Bleed the attributes of God:
Study God’s character 
Why in the world would you not want to know God more? Especially during difficult times! 
Bleed the “old dead guys”:
Most of the best writings regarding our faith (outside of the Bible)
are largely from those who have already crossed the finish line.


I hope and pray this helps someone.
I’m no expert on affliction and tragic circumstances,
But I have been though it, and this helps me get through it.
I pray the same for you.

God’s grace is sufficient.

Soli deo Gloria 

The death it brings

A lot of people like summer
All the fun an all
Maybe it’s the sun on their skin.
With that blistering heat
I for one can’t stand it
I can barely breathe

I’ll take winter,
Without the death it brings
Yeah, I’ll take winter,
Without the death it brings

It took my momma , and my baby,
grandmother , and the man that raised me

Yeah I’ll take winter ,
Without the death it brings

Some of y’all like fall
The changin’ of the leaves
Pumpkins and Halloween
It’s alright to me

But I’ll take winter
Without the death it brings
Yeah I’ll take winter
Without the death it brings

It took my momma , and my baby,
grandmother, and the man that raised me

Yeah I’ll take winter,
Without the death it brings

Maybe yours is spring
 sand all in your feet
And my allergies go crazy,
insects invade the house
It just ain’t for me

I’ll take winter ,
without the death it brings
Yeah. I’ll take winter ,
without the death it brings

It took my momma, and my baby,
grandmother, and the man that raised me

Yeah I’ll take winter,
Without the death it brings

It’s the cracklin’ of the fire
Hot coffee in my hand
My wife holdin’ me
Maybe you understand

I’ll take winter,
Without the death it brings