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The 10 Year Rule

1285) Anyone who has spent any time with kids knows how frustrating their arguments with each other are. Having a classroom full of tweens, I have my fill of it each day. Sometimes I sit at my desk and just shake my head listening to some things they bicker over. I wish I could say
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Cause & Effect: Faithless

1284) As a child, the word faith bothered me. In my young mind, faith was equated with a feeling of assurance. If all my feelings for that moment were positive, then I had faith; if not, I didn’t. I did not understand that faith is a choice, not a feeling. Because faith is a choice,
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Cause & Effect: Disowning

1283) I have been working on the prequel to my novel, The Bottle House. It will reveal the backstory of the beloved Chaplain Miller. Though I have written for years, mostly non-fiction, I have enjoyed writing fiction with a purpose. I am not one who believes there is anything wrong with reading for pleasure, but
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Cause & Effect: Endurance

1283) “Pick your battles” is a phrase I hear a lot in my teaching job. It’s because there is wisdom in knowing when to take a stand (or hold a kid to something that is in his or her best interests) and when to let something go. 2 Timothy 2:11-13 tells us of another cause
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Cause & Effect: Death

1282) My husband talks about death regularly. He doesn’t do this because he’s morbid, but he knows unless the Lord returns, we will all die and he’s acknowledging this. For me, death scares me. It isn’t because I don’t know that I will be with the Lord, it’s because the next life isn’t fully “known”
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No Chains

1281) Have you ever considered that it’s really hard to identify the “good guys” these days? Just watch the news and you’ll see an array of people doing various things that make them “good” in the eyes of the media and yet, some of these “good” things may not actually be good. If you are
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Adultery, Murder and Grace

1280) I have set a goal in this new year to study and understand grace a little more. As is true with all things we ponder deeply, you become aware of examples of the subject you are researching that you may have not noticed before. For example, if you spend much of your time thinking
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Is the Power Out?

1279) Many years ago, when we lived in North Carolina, we had a significant ice storm and we were without power for a week. Our house had no insulation in the walls and our only source of heat was a fireplace, That week the temperatures were in the single digits and we experienced being so
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Who is Jesus? Taken to Glory

1278) As I approach my 60s, I consider regularly what I have accomplished on this earth. When I stand before God, will he say, “Well done, my good and faithful servant?” Matthew 25:23. I hope so. 1 Timothy 3:16 tells us after Jesus’ death and resurrection, he was taken up in glory. This word glory
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Who is Jesus? Believed

1277) The world, as in culture, continuously changes. If you are wise, you adjust the way you exist within them. For example, there used to be a time when giving the benefit of the doubt was admirable. Now, it may be very unwise. Social media and other news carriers illustrate regularly why giving the benefit
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