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Save Yourself
More and more people seem to be on edge lately, ready for a fight. I think we’re just trying to protect ourselves. We can get pretty creative how we do it — sometimes hiding it from ourselves. Nobody is going to do it for us, so we try to save ourselves. We might be fighters.…
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Difficult Days
Do you sometimes feel lost with no ambition? Some days we look at the condition of the world, or challenging circumstances surrounding us, and we feel small and defeated. In the book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell explains that our lives are similar to many popular old stories. In order to become…
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A Childhood Christmas
Christmas Eve in the 70’s seems like so long ago, and like yesterday at the same time. Can we pause our busy lives and take just a moment to remember? For us 70’s kids, it was possibly the single most anticipated night of the year. Santa was coming! Perhaps you asked Santa for an Etch-A-Sketch…
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Give Me Your Shame
I’ve always considered myself as a pretty good person. I’ve learned most people feel this way, because when you see people interviewed after being caught stealing or even murdering someone, most of them will say the same thing, “…but, I’m a good person.” Those are pretty extreme examples, but we don’t have to be thieves…
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Everyone Gets a Gift
Not everyone loves Christmas. For some this is a stressful time of year. Many of us exchange gifts, representing the three wisemen who brought gifts to our Savior when he was born. Even if you don’t give or receive a gift this Christmas; here are three gifts waiting to be exchanged with our Savior: He…
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In Love With Love
Possibly a little embarrassing, but when I was a little girl, I could hardly wait to find someone and fall in love. Maybe it was the love songs I listened to over and over and over again that made me want to feel that kind of love. I felt something when I listened to those…
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Is That Right?
One of my favorite songs is, Grandpa, by The Judds, which was released in 1986. One of the lines in the song says: Grandpa, tell me ’bout the good ole days…when the line between right and wrong, didn’t seem so hazy. Today the line between right and wrong is not only hazy, but, right is…
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Dear Self
Dear Self, The world was such a wondrous place. You were excited, curious, and ambitious. You couldn’t wait to turn 16. You got your driver’s license and could explore more things. You started working, and played a lot. You loved going to the water park, Adventure River. You were full of vigor, and you felt…
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Overcome Evil With Good
There are times it feels so dark here. It feels darkest when my focus is on the world or on my own personal needs. You told us not to be conformed to this world. You told us by the renewing of our minds, we can prove what is good, and acceptable, and your perfect will.…
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What Do You See?
ME: Look at what’s happening. Am I strong enough to endure to the end? GOD: What do you want me to look at? What do you see? ME: I see people losing their way. I see the world in chaos. I see division. I see pure evil. GOD: Look again. Can you see anything else?…
Lost and Finding Joy 