Thursday Thoughts with Sam

     Last week, I learned something new. Maybe you're like me; sometimes I overhear conversations where someone will employ a word I don't know the definition of. If that word doesn't intrigue me for some specific reason, I'll move on and forget about it. Last week, a word I've heard before was repeated enough that it got my attention.      The word was Maundy.      I know what you're thinking; I was thinking it too... Maundy, Tewsdy, Winsdy, Thursdy, Fridy - the five business days of the Southern states.      But apparently Maundy has a much different (and serious) meaning. According to Merriam-Webster, Maundy comes from an old Latin word meaning "command, order." Today, Maundy is used in the phrase, Maundy Thursday, to refer to the command Jesus gave his disciples at the Last Supper.      In John 13:34 Jesus said, "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one anoth

     Today is Tuesday. From here on out, I'll be posting short devotional thoughts on Thursdays. I'm giving you a heads up today and getting familiar with this new-fangled thing called blogging .       Okay, I know I'm a little late to the blogging scene. But it's never too late to get started - right?     In fact, when is it too late to get started on anything ? About a year ago, I remember watching a man in his 80's take a dip in the church baptistry. This man had lived an entire lifetime how he saw fit. But he still had breath in his lungs, and that meant it wasn't too late to surrender to a new Boss - Jesus!     Romans 10:9-10 says, "If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is  justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved."     I couldn't find an age limit in that Bible verse... only a simple description of ho