I placed a bird feeder in the flower bed outside of my office window. I loved to watch the birds and squirrels eat and play on and around the feeder. Now that winter is here and the ground is covered with snow, all of their natural food is hidden...
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I have heard this saying all of my life. It didn’t really seem to apply to me because, “I’m not a gossip!” I prided myself in the fact that I was such a nice person. Then, one night I was talking to my son and his wife, I began to share some...
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I’ve always thought of honesty in its most basic forms. Stealing, embezzling, and lying about where you are and what you are doing is obviously dishonest. But there’s more to living an honest life than avoiding these behaviors. Let’s take this a...
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We live such fast-paced lives. When we want to know something, we Google it, and the answer is instantly on our screens. We eat fast-food, drive fast cars, live life in the fast lane…but sometimes, living at breakneck speed, we forget that many...
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Often life seems unmanageable. We struggle under the weight of our responsibilities and our concerns. We strain to bear loads that hinder our growth and progress. Too often we forget our Saviors call to “Come unto [him]” when we “labor and are...
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I imagine most of you have heard of this term, but let’s talk about it in a new way. In our culture, when someone makes a mistake, they are automatically bad and we often take on the belief that they cannot change. We even do it to ourselves...
Read moreControl is an interesting concept. I believe it stems from our innate desire for free agency, for freedom of choice. Choice is one of the reasons we came to earth. This free agency is as much a part of our lives as gravity and yet, many of us...
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In the New Testament there’s an account of a crippled man who lay by the Pool of Bethesda. John 5:2-9 2. Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. 3. In these lay a...
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New Year’s Eve. A time of new beginnings. Time to make goals. As the New Year began, I started thinking: Why is this New Year’s Resolution thing such a big deal? We can set goals and make changes any time of the year. Then I considered my life...
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Thanksgiving and Christmas are supposed to be times of great love, peace, and joy. Yet for so many of us, these winter holidays are actually a time of great stress, anxiety, and exhaustion. Much of this is caused by our perception of how...
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Of all the things I do in my garden, I think the one that requires the most faith is planting bulbs. It is autumn when I plant them; everything is turning brown. The soil is cold and I’ve been harvesting and preparing my garden for winter for...
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How much in life do we miss because we are afraid to try or to take that one step? The chickens I am raising now are the wildest flock I’ve ever had. Whenever anyone or anything moves, they completely lose it. When I enter the chicken coop they...
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