Category: grateful
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The Big Picture
I love to plan. It makes the days seem a little easier and the future a bit brighter. Or maybe I should say that I love to dream instead, after all, I have noticed that my plans don’t usually work out very well. But I have seen dreams come true. There is a saying out…
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Two Bits
So many of us have grown up listening to sermons, petitions and pleas to help good causes. We have heard how it is biblical to tithe and to still give offerings on top of it all. The people telling us this give us examples of how The Lord has blessed them as they have given…and…
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Under His Wings
Living in a small village in Africa has its wealth of different experiences. Last night we experienced the second “mini-riot” within a one year period. Listening to the yelling and chanting, knowing that we are only a few feet from it all, makes one fear for ones safety. Seeing the police pull out their guns…
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The Promised Land
During a conversation the other day, the topic came up about how so many people look to another place to be the answer to all of their problems. In this 3rd world country, they talk about how they want to move to “America”…so they can get a good job and become wealthy. There must be…
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Beginnings…
Once again, we have a new year ahead of us. A new fresh start! How many resolutions must be made at this time, and how many of them do we fail to keep? I make new years resolutions every year, and then renew them about 4 more times throughout the year…and then forget them, and…
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Passing the Buck
For most of my life I would sit in the pew and listen to pleas for some cause or another. The television shows that I enjoyed watching had long commercial breaks showing hungry children and opportunities for helping someone in need. I would tune it out, change the channel…it made me uncomfortable. It’s not like…