David "Buck" Fleming

Our lives may be the only Bible some people read.

End of the Rope

You ever felt like that? that you have reached the end of your rope? I have, and today is one of those days! As I ponder (East Texas translation of “thinking about”) my current situation and struggles, I was reminded of a poster that my high school math teacher kept on the front of his

Relationships

You ever felt like you were in a relationship where there was a lack of  trust?  Things like you’d stay up at night wondering if the other person was faithful?  Wondering if they had your best interest in mind?  Curious if you were just being used ?  Wondering when the shoe or hammer was going

I was blind, but now I see!

For most of my life I have enjoyed relatively good health, very little issues.  Sadly that is changing as I begin to get older.  About 6 years ago, I began to experience slight difficulty reading small print.  I must have looked quite funny, often moving objects closer and further from my eyes until I could

Too Hard?

Have you ever lost something?  Had those times when you look and look and cannot find what your missing?  Then all of the sudden you see it, right out in the open, in plain sight (my friend calls that “man looking”).  You feel foolish.  How many times has that happened.  My dad used to say

Into the Deep End!

I remember how I first learned to swim!  It wasn’t one of those instructors at the YMCA  or a youth camp, nope,  it was my Dad who taught me, or more appropriately tossed me in the deep end and said swim or drown! We were on a rig location (generally a large area cleared and