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Fling

1492) I remember one time (only one?) that I kind of lost it in the classroom. I had a student who figured out that clicking his pen on the desk continually gets on my nerves. One day, he decided it would be fun to serenade my lesson with the clicking sound. Before I had a
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Intermission

1491) I was watching a classic black and white movie a while ago that had an intermission in the middle of it. It surprised me, but then I thought back to times in my childhood where I experienced intermissions. Why were intermissions used back then (and maybe a better question might be, why aren’t they
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How to Combat Fear

1490) I am an expert in fear. It has been something that fills me regularly. Sometimes this fear has been helpful; it can discourage me from doing something that is not prudent. At other times, this fear has been debilitating. What can we do to combat fear? First, we need to consider the word combat.
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Free Delivery

1489) There are so many questions I have to ask God one day when we’re face to face, though I ask them now, too. One of these questions I often ask in an accusatory way. This question is, God, you tell us over and over in your word that if we cry out to you,
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Throw It!

1488) Occasionally, I’ll take my classes outside for a game of kickball. You remember it, don’t you? I love to watch them because it’s amusing to see how good or bad the kids can kick or throw. I can’t help but smile when a kid is only 25 feet from first base and they overthrow
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It’s a Lie

1487) Lying is a behavior that often takes root within without our knowledge. Some people have done it so long, they don’t even realize they’re lying. If you’re like me, you want to know why people lie, but in reality; it doesn’t really matter. There are many types of lies. The ones my students try
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Time Traveler

1486) I have the habit of choosing to live in another time zone. Either my mind takes me to the past or into the future. Confusing? Not really. When I feel something uncomfortable and act or react to something in the present, my mind takes me back to things of the past. I guess I
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Fighting in Quicksand

1485) It’s interesting to consider what happens when we sleep and dream. My dog Cayce, for example, will often “woof” in his sleep and I wonder what he can be dreaming about. Another repeated occurrence with me is the dream that I’m in some kind of danger, but I can’t run because my feet and
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Listening is Hard Work

1484) School has just started for me and one thing that wears me out is the demand for my attention. I have wondered how many times my name has been called out during a single day. Would it be upward to 100? It seems like it. When all the children in a classroom call on
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What God Sees

1483) At some point, in all our lives, despair comes knocking on our door and sometimes, because we don’t have the energy needed, we can make no effort to keep it from coming in. When despair sets up housekeeping within, our bodies ache and moan. Our stomachs fill with bile and food and everyday comforts
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