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The Presence of Comfort

1240) There are so many things out there that are marketed by emphasizing a particular “thing” will bring comfort to your life. Is there any truth in these claims? Perhaps, but I only believe it’s to a certain extent. The problem with this type of comfort is it doesn’t soothe for very long. In the
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A Matter of Trust

1239) Working with kids for so many years, I have several “life lessons” that I seek to instill in them. One of them concerns the matter of trust. I tell my students that I trust them until they give me a reason not to. This trust is not limited to the things they tell me,
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Images

1238) I have been contemplating the 10 Commandments recently and the second commandment, (Exodus 20:4-6); you know, the one about not making any images to be worshipped has stuck in my mind. I’ve always just kind of skimmed through this commandment because making images to worship is not something I do, but as I have
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Incident Reports

1237) Recently, I heard that those in the mental health field are audited frequently to help ensure all is running well and no violations are occurring. Then, I was surprised to hear that if there were only a few incident reports with those who are struggling mentally; the auditors saw this as a red flag.
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Simon Says

1236) As I was exposed to figures of speech growing up, I always wondered where the phrases originated. For example, I heard someone say that another person let the cat out of the bag and when I was old enough to reflect; I wished I had some way to learn about its origins. (After all,
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People Pleasers

1235) There are several things about myself I really dislike. (OK, there’s more than just several!) I do not like it when people are mad, irritated, ticked off or just plain old don’t like me. I know, can a woman in her late 50s still care about such things? Well, I don’t care as much
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The Power of Tiny

1234) A couple of summers ago, my husband became very sick. Both of us assumed he had Covid as we were still amid the pandemic. He was deathly ill, and we later found out that was not an exaggeration. We got to the hospital, and he was hooked up to machines that registered his heart
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Supermodels

1233) I never played much with dolls growing up; it just wasn’t my thing. Through the years, there were many dolls that were scrutinized because they were too “perfect” in the anatomical sense. They would be supermodels in real life. These dolls aside, have you ever considered that as a follower of Christ, we too
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Counterfeit Peace

1232) It’s Christmas and my mind goes back to what I know about Jesus’ birth. There is one line from the Christmas story in Luke 2 that I think about almost every day of the year. It’s found in verse 14, “peace on earth.” The subject of peace is something I wrestle with regularly because
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Hope Can Be Misunderstood

1231) Christmas for children is a magical time. I remember when I was small, how hard it was to go to sleep on Christmas Eve because of what I hoped was there for me under the decorated tree. These remembrances caused me to think of the words Paul said of the believers in 1 Thessalonians
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