Chuck Locklear
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Look for the Good
The grandkids took us to the state fair. Yes, I stated that correctly. They wore us out. We saw animals, rode rides, played games, and we saw the Pirate Show with pirates diving 80 feet into a small pool of water. On one ride, my daughter Chandler put the three-year-old in this haunted house alone, with the five-year-old in charge. They quickly turn back, running out saying, “it is scary.” The intelligent five-year-old said, “Mom, did you even look at the pictures!” This reminded me of an important principle: Look for the good.
Mr. Rogers’ Legacy
This experience reminded me of Mr. Rogers. Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood ran for over 31 seasons, 895 episodes, from 1968 until 2001. What a legacy! Mr. Rogers’ message was “Love your neighbor and love yourself.” He made many great statements over the years. This is the one that reminded me of the fair:
When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers, you will always find people who are helping.” — Mr. Rogers
Such a simple idea, but very powerful.
Simple, Yet Powerful
We have a “cutesey” plaque on our television stand at home. We all have them. It is the one you have to lift up and dust around. It is a fake wood, square sign, with words on it. Hobby Lobby is filled with these little “crafty” things. It is not very attractive. I’ve picked it up hundreds of times and I’ve often thought, “Why do we keep this around. Maybe, I should just throw it out.” But, I never do, because while holding it in one hand and the dusting rag in the other I’m force to read it; like Mr. Rogers’, the message is so powerful.
So, there it sits next to our television as a reminder of this most important principle. “…Whatever is true whatever is noble whatever is right whatever is lovely whatever is admirable…think on these things” (Philippians 4:8). These words point to the purpose of my message today which is to discover how our commitment to God can allow us to overcome self-centeredness, both in ourselves and in others.
I offer you this prescription. Find a quiet place, spend some time with God, and ask him to help you fix your mind and eyes on him. May our good, good father bless you, so that your cup overflows with blessings. It is my prayer that you will change your focus and look for the good!
Also, see Faith Makes All Things Possible.
© 2019 Chuck Locklear All rights reserved
Faith of a Child
My grandkids were so excited on Palm Sunday because they thought Jesus was coming back, when they heard Jesus was riding into town on a donkey. They were like, “Today! Today’s the day he comes back?” They were very disappointed when they realized Sunday wasn’t the actual day. The faith of a child is what we all need.
Jesus said suffer the little children to come to me. Every child is a gift from God. This Sunday we had two baby dedications at church. The story of Hannah in 1 Samuel chapter one demonstrates purpose of dedication.
Hannah’s Cry
It starts with a man named Elkanah who had two wives. This seems like a bad idea to me. I can’t image being able to keep two wives happy. However, each year Elkanah and his families journeyed to the Tabernacle at Shiloh to worship the Lord. On the day he presented his sacrifice, Elkanah would celebrate the happy occasion by giving presents to Peninnah and her children; but although he loved Hannah very much, he could give her only one present, because she had no children to give presents to. Peninnah made matters worse by teasing and laughing at Hannah because of her barrenness.
Every year it was the same. One year Hannah was crying so much that she couldn’t eat. “What’s the matter, Hannah?” Elkanah asked. “Why aren’t you eating? Why make such a fuss over having no children? Isn’t having me better than having ten sons?”
I know ladies. . . typical man.
Hannah’s Prayer
That evening, after supper, Hannah went over to the Tabernacle. She was in deep anguish and was crying bitterly as she prayed to the Lord.
And she made this vow: “O Lord of heaven, if you will look down upon my sorrow and answer my prayer and give me a son, then I will give him back to you, and he’ll be yours for his entire lifetime.”
And, God granted Hannah’s request. She gave birth to a son and named him Samuel, which means “asked of God.”
And, Hannah kept her promise to God. When the baby was able to eat solid foods, she took Samuel to the Tabernacle in Shiloh.
She said to Eli the priest, “I am the woman who stood here that time praying to the Lord! I asked him to give me this child, and he has given me my request; and now I am giving him to the Lord for as long as he lives.” So she left him there at the Tabernacle for the Lord to use. That’s real dedication!
Real Joy
Now, we don’t ask parents to leave their child at church for the rest of his or her life. We do ask parents to make a declaration that they are giving their child back to God; that they will raise him or her to know the love of God; that they will bring the child to church where they can worship with the family of God.
Jesus first entered our world as a tiny infant, born in a stable in Bethlehem. It was just a few miles south of his tomb in Jerusalem. He emerged from the stable as a fragile, vulnerable, refugee and was met by an audience of shepherds. On Easter, he emerged from the tomb as the Everlasting Good Shepherd.
We must come with the faith of a child, leaving all of our adult baggage at the door. This will start us on the road to experiencing joy. Then, maybe we’ll be as excited as my grandkids when we hear Jesus is coming back.
Also, see Faith Makes All Things Possible.
Copyright © 2023 Chuck Locklear
Find the inspiration to Finish!
When my son was a senior in high school, the football coach made t-shirts for each player. Printed on the shirt was the theme that he wanted the boys to adopt, “Finish.” Coach knew an important truth. Many contests are lost at the end, when the players are tired, and when the team is down and discouraged. But, it is in these moments that winners dig deep and find the inspiration to give it all they have, to finish. . . and win.
Courageous Fox
I recently read a story of a courageous fox. This fox made an impossible journey of 2,175 miles, mostly across open sea ice. The fox left her home in Norway in search of a better environment to mate and raise her young. Initially, researchers had attached a pink satellite transmitter to study her local migration patterns. However, they were shocked when she ended up in Canada! In one day alone, the pink tracking device showed that she traveled an unbelievable ninety-seven miles. Eventually, the transmitter gave out and the little fox vanished into the vastness of the Arctic Ocean, until she turned up in Canada.
Her trek was nothing less than miraculous. It is mind-boggling to think of how God could imbue this creature with such courage, stamina, and determination that she would complete a perilous odyssey for a better future for her offspring.
Courageous Joshua
This reminds me of the story of Joshua in the Bible. When Joshua was looking across the Jordan river, God instructed him, “Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go” (Joshua 1:7). Like Joshua, God had given us the instruction to inhabit the land, to obey his law, “Do not turn from it to the right or to the left.” The promise to us is that if we will do this we will be successful in whatever God has given us to do.
Divinely Endowed
We too are divinely endowed with courage and determination for the times when God calls us to do more than we think we can do. Sometimes along the journey we forget. Our fear causes us to believe that God has abandoned us. But, like the fox and Joshua, God will give us the willpower, not only to keep going, but to finish.
God will prepare us for the journey he has set before us. We are stronger than we think we are. Even with the ever-changing landscape of our world, God will give us the courage of the little fox when we need it most. Yes, we live in uncertain times, but if we can dig deep, find the inspiration to give it all we have and to finish. . . we will see the will of God accomplished in the land of the living. Perhaps, we too should get t-shirts with the word “finish” printed on them.
Also see Keep Going! Be strong and courageous.
Copyright © 2023 Chuck Locklear
Strong and Courageous
We live in an uncertain world. At times, it is enough to cause us to stop in our tracks. If we do, however, we will miss out on what God is trying to accomplish in our lives. God’s words, “I will instruct you and teach you” (Psalm 32:8) do not mean we will be sitting in a classroom with five rows of six chairs. Instead, this promise from God is that he will provide us with hands-on lessons. If we “Keep going,” we will be strong and courageous.
Lizzy and I learned one such hands-on lesson when our children were young. We had planned for weeks to take a hiking trip to the Great Smoky Mountains. Whitney, our oldest, was eight years old. Chandler was six, and Holland was just over a year, which meant I would need to carry him on my back for the hike. I had purchased a special backpack carrier and had practiced carrying him on my back to build up my stamina.
Our goal was to visit Abrams Falls. Abrams Falls is a waterfall with a large volume of water rushing over a twenty-foot high drop. It is named for a Cherokee chief whose village once stood several miles downstream. The hike is 5 miles over rough terrain. The trail map rated the hike as moderate in difficulty. However, as we began the hike, I was thinking the map was wrong and it was difficult, especially carrying a child on your back. Can we really make this trip? I thought to myself.
Our first obstacle came about an hour into the hike. It was a hot, summer day and the trail was more difficult than we expected. The girls were complaining, so we stopped for a water break, which gave us a chance to notice the beauty of our surroundings. The Great Smoky Mountains are beautiful. Our trail traversed pine-oak forests on the ridges and hemlock and rhododendron forests along the creek.
Feeling renewed, it was time to make a decision, turn around and head back to the hotel or keep moving toward the original goal. “Keep going,” Liz proclaimed. So, we did, and made it to the falls. It was worth the trip, but all I could say was, “Thank you Jesus.” It would not be the last time that I repeated this statement over the next few hours.
We ate the picnic lunch we had packed, played in the water at the bottom of the falls, and I got one of my most treasured photographs of Holland and me with the mist of the waterfall soaking our faces. After an hour and a half, feeling refreshed, it was time to start the return trip. However, we were apparently not as refreshed as I had thought.
About half way into the return, our six year old Chandler had had enough. This was no longer fun and she was tired. She sat down right in the middle of the trail and wouldn’t move . . . no matter how much we coaxed her. It was starting to get dark and Liz and I were worried. We knew that black bears and other animals were active in the area, so we did not want to be on the trail after dark. I couldn’t carry two children and Liz did not think she could carry Chandler over the rocky terrain. So, we prayed . . . and, God sent an angel.
A nice man walking along the trail stopped to talk with Chandler. She was smiling and he was kind, encouraging, and convinced her to drink the water we’d given her. I’m not sure what he said, but it gave her the motivation she needed. She jumped up and almost ran the remainder of the hike. I repeated my gratitude again, “Thank you Jesus.”
At the end of the day, I wondered, “What if we would have turned back early in our trip?” We would have missed the beauty of God’s creation. The fear of uncertainty would have kept us from experiencing the adventure with which God had blessed us. The hands-on lesson is if we “Keep going,” we will be strong and courageous. Jesus has promised that he will be with us, which is a similar promise to the one God gave Joshua.
When Joshua was looking across the Jordan river, God instructed Joshua, “Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go” (Joshua 1:7). Like Joshua, God had given us the instruction to inhabit the land, to obey his law, “Do not turn from it to the right or to the left.” The promise to us is, if we will do this, we will be successful in whatever God has given us to do.
God will give us what we need for the journey he has set before us. We are stronger than we think. Even with the ever-changing landscape of our world, God will give us strength and courage when we need it most. Yes, we live in uncertain times, but we must “Keep going.” If we do this, we will be strong and courageous. We will see the will of God accomplished in the land of the living.
Also see Finish.
Copyright © 2023 Chuck Locklear
Be Persistent
We must be persistent!. I have learned from experience that “God is rarely early, but never late.” This lesson is reinforced for us in the story of the Canaanite woman in Matthew 15.
“A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, ‘Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me . . . So his disciples came to him and urged him, ‘Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us’ . . . He replied, ‘It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.’ ‘Yes it is, Lord,’ she said. ‘Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.’ Then Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.’ And her daughter was healed at that moment” (Matthew 15:22-28).
The Canaanite woman repeatedly asked Jesus for help. Even after he had seemingly turned her away, she persisted. We can learn many things from this woman of faith. First, Jesus’ affirmation of her faith. The message: prayers are answered when we don’t give up quickly. Second, we learn that we should not throw in the towel to quickly. When God seems to be silent or even to indicate a “No” answer, we must persist.
What is meant when Jesus says, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs?” This woman was not one of God’s chosen people. Jesus was showing us that who we are is less important than our faith. We need faith in the one who can change things. Granting her request was breaking all the rules. However, because of her faith, he did it anyway. The main lesson is “Be Persistent!”
Copyright © 2023 Chuck Locklear
Also see Pray Until Something Happens.
Choose To Be Present
As a reminder to slow down, I introduce a couple of relatives of mine: Randall Locklear and James Dial. Randall, or Mr. Randall as he was often called, was born in 1820. He was a master at being present. He is talking with James who was born in 1854. James was one of the founders of the Croatan Normal School, which is today, the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
Longleaf Pines
Randall carefully walked a path over high ground crisscrossing though the swamp for quite a while. The wet swampy ground gradually turned into a pine forest, with tall, straight trees. James looked up and guessed these trees were over 100 feet high, with trunks of 50 inches thick. Randall said, “These are longleaf pines. It takes trees like these 200-400 years to get this size. They are slow growing. Forests like these are quickly vanishing from this country.” They walked along through ground that was clear of thorns and thickets. Clumps of wiregrass with tall, flat leaves covered the sandy soil.
Randall bent down and picked up a pine cone, tossing it to James and said, “The longleaf pine and wiregrass work together to provide a natural home to creatures of the forest. My people have worked hard to protect this forest. We regularly set fires to encourage the growth of plants eaten by the animals. The fire also clears the undergrowth, making it possible to move through the trees with ease.”
Randall continued walking. After a brief silence he said, “It not just the lumber that is desirable. I watched a man burn longleaf logs in a shallow pit and then collected the pitch, dripping out of the logs, in a barrel sunk in the ground. He extracted tar from the pitch.”
Tarheals
“I guess people will do anything for money,” Randall laughed. “Heard it said that ‘tarheels’ is what you call folks in this business.I guess they likely get plenty of the goo on the soles of their shoes and feet.”
“The wood itself is dense, rigid and as strong as red oak. It is resistant to decay too. Bury a post in the ground and it won’t rot. A bug don’t bother it either. It has an amber to reddish color like this and never needs painting; the more it rains the slicker, it gets.” Randall nodded and said, “Yup, it’s a mighty valuable tree.”
Choose to be present. Listen carefully as that child or grandchild describes every detail of that 720 piece Lego set he has just built. Listen closely as our spouse tells us about the emotional conversation sibling.
Being present is really the only place we can be anyway.
“Do not worry… about what you are going to eat or drink or wear.” (Matthew 6:3)
Also, see Don’t Fast-Forward Through Life.
Copyright © 2023 Chuck Locklear
A Wonderful Life
My in-laws loved each other. Though it was not always obvious when you were are around them. It was easier to guess that they drove each other crazy. “Carol are you smoking again?” “Leonard, why don’t you just stop that.” Now that Leonard is gone, Carol misses him tremendously. Isn’t that just like life? Only afterwards, did she realize that they had a rich and wonderful life.
Cherish One Another
Instead of cherishing one another, we are often critical. It is my guess that we all have longed to see our moms hold our dads’ hand and to hear her say things like, “How did I get so lucky to have found you?” To see her stroke his hair and hear her say, “And, how did we get such incredible children?” To see the two of them sit down for a meal together and hear these words, “Oh, we had such fun, didn’t we? You have given me a rich and wonderful life.”
Maybe your parents never said those things. Perhaps, their life together told a different story. They often lost patience with each other. They prioritized their complaints over their compliments.
Clearly, we all need to be more charitable. Do we offer compliments easily? Or, do we think, “Maybe I will embarrass my children if I speak openly of my love for my wife?” The truth is likely that our words will be a gift.
Public Praise
Public praise is an act of love. The psalms exhort us, again and again, to publicly praise God. Psalm 34:3 says, “O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.”
If we want to be the sons and daughters of God, we must express our love of God, but also of each other.
“If a man says, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?”
1 John 4: 20, KJV
We can best express our love toward God by demonstrating love to those we can see. We should easily say to all whom will listen “I love him” or “I love her.” Let the word “love” come out of your mouth often. Even if you don’t feel it, speak the words anyway… and they will change your heart.
Also, see Don’t Fast-forward Through Life.
Copyright © 2023 Chuck Locklear
Guilt Free
Do you ever feel guilt free? Or, are you often saying, “I’m so sorry,” and battling anxious thoughts? Perhaps, like many, you carry around a lot of guilt. In the back of your mind, you think, I’m not good enough. I can’t live up to what God expects of me. If this is you, let me reintroduce you to our heavenly father . . . the one who created you and loves you with a greater love than you can imagine. A love so great that he sent his one and only son to die to redeem you to him.
Bad Impression?
I must say that it is easy to get a bad impression of God. There are many verses in the Bible, especially in the Old Testament, that are difficult to apply to our lives today. For example, this one, “He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord” (Deuteronomy 23:1). Wow, think about that a minute. This seems extreme!
Another passage in Leviticus would cut a lot of us out of the Kingdom of God, “Do not cut your bodies . . . or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord” (Leviticus 19:28).
However, the scripture describing the Year of Jubilee is one of my personal favorites.
“Every fiftieth year, on the Day of Atonement, let the trumpets blow loud and long throughout the land. For the fiftieth year shall be holy, a time to proclaim liberty throughout the land to all enslaved debtors, and a time for the canceling of all public and private debts. It shall be a year when all the family estates sold to others shall be returned to the original owners or their heirs” (Leviticus 25:8-10).
Think about it, you could run up a big debt on the 49th year and then start over on the 50thyear. I’m sure Wall Street would not like this law.
None Of Us Are Good Enough
None of us can live by the standards of the Old Testament. If we could, Jesus would not have needed to come. Yet, Jesus makes an interesting statement in Matthew. He said:
“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled” (Matthew 5:17-18).
Jesus brought a revolutionary message. Yes, he was a radical. There is a striking difference between the concepts of the Old and New Testaments regarding the character of God and the identity of God’s people.
The first difference that stands out to me is about forgiveness. In the Old Testament, animal sacrifice was a prerequisite for forgiveness. Jesus offered himself as the propitiation for our sins. Because of him, we are assured of God’s mercy and eagerness to forgive us as though we had not sinned at all. Yes, because of Jesus we have mercy and not judgement.
Four Differences
The second difference is about faith. Instead of the requirement to obey the law or to do good works as a condition for holiness, faith in Jesus is sufficient for salvation. It is interesting to note that in the King James Bible the word faith is used 245 times in the New Testament. It appears only twice in the Old Testament. What happened when Jesus’ followers violated the rules concerning the Sabbath? Jesus said, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath” (Mark 2:27). We are more important to God than rules.
The third difference is about us non-Jews or, as the Bible calls us, Gentiles. One of the most significant and most condemned innovations of Jesus was the extension of salvation to the Gentiles. This was predicted by Isaiah. Yes, this was God’s plan from the beginning. In his final comments to his disciples, Jesus gave the command to preach the Gospel to all nations. This laid down the foundation of the Christian church.
There may be many differences of interpretation between the Hebrew Scripture and the Gospels, but because of Jesus, we know there are absolutely no incompatibilities. Our beliefs are encapsulated in the words of Jesus to Nicodemus, an influential ruler of the Jews:
God Loves You
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved” (John 3:16-17).
With these words, we can understand the compatibility between the Old and New Testaments. We can also see the transformative message of Jesus. Our creator desires a personal relationship with each of us. This is made possible with the coming of Yeshua Ha Mashiach, or Jesus, the Anointed One. Yes, because of Jesus, you can live guilt free.
Also see, Gone Fishing.
Copyright © 2023 Chuck Locklear
Guideposts from Heaven
I’m remembering a John Denver song from my youth. “Lost and alone on some forgotten highway, traveled by many remembered by few. Looking for something that I can believe in, looking for something that I’d like to do with my life.” These days, I’m looking for guideposts from heaven.
Easily Lost
We all get lost sometimes. Some more than others. I’m good with directions, but not my wife. For Lizzy, getting lost is easy. I’ve learned to enjoy experiencing this with her, because we can go to the same place, but for her it is a new experience. This characteristic seems to have been passed on to our daughter. As a young adult, Whitney coached a dance team. For me, this meant spending lots of time at dance competitions watching the girls on her team compete. We would visit cities all over the mid-west, and, in most years, we would end the season with a trip to Walt Disney World to compete at the national competition. But, there were many competitions to win before arriving at the nationals.
For her this meant, traveling. Often waking up very early, 4:00 a.m., to drive to the city hosting the competition. I remember one morning vividly, because I received a call waking me very early. Lost! She was traveling with her co-coach from our house to Port Huron, MI and they were lost. She had been driving for an hour before she finally called me. I asked her to tell me some roads or landmarks, guideposts that I could use to provide her with directions, to get her back on the path.
She told me what she saw out the car window, a few roads, a building. I quickly realized they were nowhere near Port Huron. They had missed a guidepost along the way, taken a wrong turn early in their driving, and were in downtown… Detroit. Sixty miles from their destination.
Don’t Miss the Guideposts
It is easy to miss the guideposts and get lost in life. Recently, in my morning devotional I read Jeremiah 31:21 and the word guidepost jumped off the page.
“Set up road signs; put up guideposts. Take note of the highway, the road that you take. Return, Virgin Israel, return to your towns.”
Jeremiah 31:21
Becoming lost or disoriented as a follower of Jesus is a common experience for most of us. As we travel the roads of this life, we are forced to travel new paths. Therefore, we sometimes feel we have lost our way, our perspective, and our connection to God… and each other. Sometimes, it seems we have traveled a great distance without seeing a guidepost.
What have you prayed for that you feel God has not answered? Do you sometimes feel he is not listening? Do you feel he is not even there, so why pray? Perhaps, you are praying for a job, healing, a spouse, a child, a home, school, etc. and you have become discouraged and feel “lost and alone.” If that is you, Look for a guidepost, a sign to point you to the good things he is doing in your life and the lives of others. I pray that God sends someone to help share their story, the reason for the hope that is within them.
Our Story
Perhaps our own story is the most helpful thing we can give to others. We must share those moments when a guidepost appeared that sent us in a new direction or connected us to paths along the road that led us to God. I give you this challenge. Go on Facebook and respond to this message, writing a comment, sharing a testimony. And, take a moment to read the testimonies of others, and reply to them. I believe this will be a powerful experience for us all.
“You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone.”
2 Corinthians 3:2
As the Apostle Paul says, Let’s open our lives and be God’s epistles today, sharing the testimonies that He has given us.
I am not “lost and alone on some forgotten highway.” I am thankful for the many people who have shared with me their stories and placed guideposts on my path to point me in the right direction. Today, allow the love of God to work through you and demonstrate your care for someone, so the world may know the love of our father.
Copyright © 2023 Chuck Locklear
Advice from a Grandfather
As a grandfather, I can tell you that when one of my little ones ask for something, it melts my heart. I will move heaven and earth to give them what they request. This grandfather’s desire is to bless my grandchildren. This is how it is with our heavenly father. Jesus said we could ask the father anything, in his name, and it will be done for us. Yes, you heard that right: anything.
In the Lord’s prayer, Jesus teaches us how to pray. There are many lessons that we can learn from the Lord’s Prayer. My intention is to focus on one lesson that God placed on my heart. This lesson is, when we pray, we are speaking to our father. Jesus starts with these word, “Our Father.” Our father is not the name of God. So, Jesus is not providing us with the proper way to address God. He is telling us that we need to talk to God as we would speak to our earthly fathers.
God doesn’t want fancy words and vain repetition. We won’t impress him with our vocabulary. He wants to hear our hearts. Jesus said, “If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!” (Matthew 7:11). I know how to give good gifts to my grandchildren. Because of my love for my grandchildren, I better understand God’s love for me.
Our heavenly father desires to give us good gifts. Yes, he desired to give us exceeding more that we could hope for or imagine. However, he wants to hear us ask for what we need. When he hears us, he will “move heaven and earth” to give us anything and everything we need. Like this grandfather, God desires to bless his children and grandchildren. Unlike me, he is the god of the universe. Just imagine the resources that comes along with that title.
Copyright © 2023 Chuck Locklear
Also, see Advice From A Grandmother.
