Give a Man Enough Rope . . .

745) We all have enemies. Some of these are family members, co-workers or even ourselves. Some of our enemies may also be in our churches. The question is, what should we do about them? Setting boundaries with these individuals is a good place to start and there are also times that God would lead us
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Who Wants That Job?

743) As a teacher, I can think of one job that I would never want to do, and that is to be a school bus driver. For any of you who have taken on this daunting job, God bless you for it! I tell my students that I wouldn’t care if the job paid a
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You Are Not Alone

742) There is something worse than despair and that is being alone in your despair. You sit by yourself, trying to keep your head above the churning waters of this life, and you see no one around to help. This feeling is horrible and frightening. If you have been in these waters, you know what
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God is Good?

741) The most frequent thing we say when something bad happens is, “Why?” That one-word question really should be two words; what we are often asking is, “Why, God?” I think we ask this because there is a need within to understand why the bad in the world happens and if there is a God,
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Integrity Matters

739) I once read that the definition of integrity is when a person does the right thing even though they know no one is looking. The truth of the matter is, if there is an omniscient God, He already knows everything we think and do. David recognizes the value of integrity and considered it a
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Cause and Effect

738) No one lives in a bubble. What we do and say always influences others. We can choose to use encouraging words or negative ones, and these words blanket those around us. We can decide to do something, positive or negative, and it also affects those around us. This truth is illustrated in 1 Chronicles
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Misplaced Worship

737) As a teacher, I know the value of using objects to illustrate concepts I’m trying to teach my students. For example, if I were teaching the concept of negative numbers, I would take the kids outside and have one of them dig a hole. Then I would put a yardstick in the hole and
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Things Unseen

736) I have a little dachshund, Boone, who is so loyal to me, he is rarely more than a few inches from wherever I am. If I’m reading while sitting on the couch, he is plastered to me. It’s funny, though, just about every evening, when it’s dark and the room is lit by a
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The Value of Ax Heads

735) Fairly often, when I come home and share with my husband about the little things that happen during the day, I say, “I know this is a small thing but…” In considering why I do this; I seem to state that I know there are more important things to talk about. I even frequently
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I’ll Do It My Way

734) Whether or not we realize it, we have this “built in” self-confidence that turns on and off frequently; it is the confidence that makes us think our way of doing something is the best way. This can be an annoying trait in a marriage, business, church or classroom. This is often problematic because we
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