In the interest of fairness, as in my editing work, I always try to clarify exactly what meaning someone is trying to convey with the words they use. The gentleman I spoke of in my previous post, Manly Things, would like to clarify what he meant by his comment about “chainsaws, hand grenades, and weed Read More
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Last Friday, March 31st, we went to a birthday celebration with our friends. The wife and I are very similar, we in many ways are “crafty ladies.” No, not sneaky, at least not so we would admit! We both crochet, quilt, and put together jigsaw puzzles. I also do embroidery, edit books and write them
Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[a] This
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I’ve been reading a book recently where the oldest boy in the family decides to join the army before his number is called. It’s World War II, which lasted from 1939 to 1945. It was a global conflict. Rather like Hitler and the Nazis against the rest of the world. The year in the book
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What do you do when you’re frustrated? Throw things? Have a fit? Toss something at your pet? Yell at someone? Hopefully, none of these suggestions apply. What do I try to do? First, I try everything I can think of to get past my frustration while still in the activity, which might work or might
I have been a frequent visitor to my valley of late. Anytime I have a lot of trouble with my Meniere’s, Migraines, or Rheumatoid Arthritis I am usually in my valley. Some of what I call “My Valley Time” is spent in bed with my symptoms, but not all, because for the most part, I
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All of us, at one time or another, walk through our valleys. As a young child, I didn’t understand this. A lack of understanding in a child’s mind brings fear. I thought the valley or mine at least, was an arid, empty place; void of humans, animal life of any description; or beauty. My valley
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Webster’s Dictionary defines trust as follows: 1. a: assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something; b: one in which confidence is placed; 2. a: dependence on something future or contingent: HOPE. b: reliance on future payment for property (such as merchandise) delivered: CREDIT. Trust is sometimes easy to give,
There was a man who was shipwrecked in the middle of the sea. He was in a fierce storm and just sure he was going to die. So he cried out, “God, save me!” All of a sudden his ship caught fire. He jumped overboard clinging to a piece of the hull, angry and scared.
The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. (1 Timothy 1:14 NIV) A Sunday school teacher once held up a shiny watch and told his class that whoever came forward and claimed it could have it. All the boys just sat
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