Wind

2033) Where I live in Maine brings with it much beauty but it also brings a lot of wind. We have had wind so strong here that small buildings, set in cement posts, have blown over. The wind makes many things difficult at times.   John 3 is a passage which cradles a very familiar
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More Valuable Than Money

2032) Mankind has always had a love affair with money. We can take stock of what we already have, but it’s easier to see what we don’t, often in comparison to the things of others. These thoughts came to me when I read the familiar verse Hebrews 13:5. It reads, keep your life free from
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Out of the Mouths of …

2031) It’s funny how kids can say the most profound things. A few weeks ago, I was doing a project with one of my classes and, as I usually do, I demonstrated how to do it by creating a shortened version of what I expect of them.   As the kids were looking at my
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Meek

2030) I continually have to work on restraining my negative reactions to things. It seems at times it’s within a nanosecond for me. Something happens. BOOM. I react. If this sort of thing happens, I often hear within myself and from others. I can’t help my reactions. Matthew 5:5 tells us there are many blessings that
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Exhausted

2029) Several years ago, I took some kids on a trip and because of varies problems, I only got about an hour of sleep in a 24-hour period.   I can remember driving the short distance home from the school in almost a trance. I kept shaking my head trying to stay with it. I
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In a Rut?

2028) It was so boring is an answer to many questions I ask my young scholars about what they did on the weekend. I question them further and they tell me of hours they have laid around, playing video games or scrolling on their phones.   I’m sure I was bored when I was young
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Be Still

2027) When I approach familiar verses to study, it’s a regular practice of mine to look up the words in their original language. It often proves to be insightful.   Once such verse is Psalm 46:10. Be still and know that I am God.   The word for still in Hebrew is raphah which means
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The Value of Easy

2026) Wouldn’t it be nice if important things were easy?   When you need to visit someone in their last hours on this earth.  When it seems that your life goal cannot be accomplished? When you need to confront someone about how they have treated you. Those of you who are wise are shaking your
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But, What About?

2025) There is so much about God I don’t understand, especially when reading verses like these:   Psalm 34:17–When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.   Philippians 4:19–My God will supply every need.   Matthew 11:28- Come to me…and I will give you rest.  
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Needy

2024) Teaching my young scholars there is a difference between wants and needs is difficult. Why? Because it’s difficult for adults to distinguish too. What I think I need may not really be classified as a need in God’s eyes.   Having written these sentences, my mind goes immediately to a God who sits up
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