Category: general
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Mom & Pop
There was a quote that stayed with me recently. “The ceiling of one generation is the floor the next one can build on.” It might be slightly paraphrased…but you get the idea. So many of us look at the generation we are not in and think…”what do they know?” Either you are in a group…
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Pride and Prejudice
At yesterday’s bible study we were talking about pride and selfishness. (I must admit that I made a few remarks that weren’t so spiritual…more psychological…but even then it was a good lesson for me.) We are quick to brush off what we call “normal human emotion” is inconsequential, when it clearly states in the Bible…
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Seasons
Facebook is full of people (my friends) eagerly watching for spring. I guess it’s late this year and many are fed up with the wait…as well as flabbergasted by all the snow. I can’t help but think how this reflects on how life also works. We spend so many of the seasons we live in…
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Gifts
What is your gift? I’m not talking about spiritual gifts at this point. Are you musical, artistic, good at dance? Are you good at growing things or baking things? Do you enjoy crafts? Decorating? Designing? Maybe writing? Drawing or photography? Have you developed any hobbies that relax you and give you sense of satisfaction? And…have…
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Language of Love…
Books and I go back almost 40 years. It has, and continues to be a fantastic relationship. However…there are only a few that have stuck with me through the years. One of them comes to mind when I thought about this blog. It’s the book, “5 Love Languages” , by Gary Chapman. I’m sure most…
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Standing Apart
The other day I had a high school moment. I said hello to someone and they avoided eye contact and barely spoke to me. There was a sudden feeling of inadequacy that came over me….what did I do? Wasn’t I cool enough? Was she avoiding conversation because I wasn’t invited to something that I knew…
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Noise
Living in the middle of an African village is a noisy place to be. There is noise from 6 in the morning to midnight…quite often, even during the night, I wake up to animals fighting or drunks yelling! I’ve noticed it affects my state of mind…it gets muddled and confused. My thoughts can’t settle onto…
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Worry…
There is an old Sunday school song that goes through my head whenever I start to really worry… “Why worry when you can pray? Trust Jesus, He’ll with you stay. Don’t be a doubting Thomas, Rest fully on His promise. Why worry, worry, worry, worry, When you can pray!!” It’s a spontaneous jingle…and it’s true!…
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PMS
There are days that I am absolutely blank. These are the days that I just function and try to control my thoughts and emotions…these are the days filled with PMS! They don’t work out very well, unless you count a cleaning frenzy useful. I find myself snapping at my kids, planning my husbands demise and…