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Like Father, Like Son

993) I have an electric pencil sharpener in my classroom that my students are so enamored by, they gave it a name. Chewy. They love to take colored pencils to Chewy and watch and listen to its work. What is exasperating, though, is how many times they will put the same pencil in and it
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Saying Grace

991) I know everyone “operates” differently. We all have unique patterns of thinking, behavior and feeling but I’m wondering if any of you are like me and, at the end of the day, I sit and reflect on all the things that were bad. I shouldn’t have said this. I shouldn’t have thought about that.
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Taking Your Own Inventory

991) I know everyone “operates” differently. We all have unique patterns of thinking, behavior and feeling but I’m wondering if any of you are like me and, at the end of the day, I sit and reflect on all the things that were bad. I shouldn’t have said this. I shouldn’t have thought about that.
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Shame is Deadly

990) Many have heard the words, You should be ashamed of yourself, but have you ever thought that repenting is not the same? Shame has chains that when worn, can pull someone down so far, they may never get out. Remorse, which leads to repentance, is when you realize you did wrong. You admit it
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Buried

989) Pets are such wonderful gifts from God. They bring us so much love and joy and I am grateful every day that I have been blessed with one. One of my dogs, Danny, used to bury things. When he was outside, he would dig a hole (which was funny to watch a dachshund dig,
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Stifling Another’s Faith

988) It can be tiresome when we read, hear or watch others say that the Christian church is full of hypocrites, but the truth of the matter is, this is often true. There are so many Christians (me included) that say (or even write in my case) what we and others should be or shouldn’t
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Favoritism

987) My mind works in ways that both fascinate and discourage me. Though I know better in my head, somehow, I have the idea that if I am suffering, then it doesn’t “count” because there are so many others in the world who are suffering from “worse” things. I will also think because Acts 2:11
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Be Careful!

986) When I read the newspaper (and yes, I still read a “real” old-fashioned one), it’s easy to sit there and shake my head. The things that people do sometimes blows my mind. I can sit there and say to myself, What in the world did that person think that made what they did right
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Substitutes for God

985) I have well over 100 sick days in my school “bank”. I even had more than that when I left my teaching job in North Carolina. I am out rarely because having a substitute in my classroom makes my job more difficult afterward. Not that the substitute did a poor job. In fact, many
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Mutually Encouraged

984) Sometimes encouragement is worth more than money can buy. If we are in difficult circumstances, jobs, marriages, parenting and more, receiving regularly a word or two of encouragement can be transformative. Paul knew this need for encouragement was vital. In Romans 1:11-12, he speaks of mutual encouragement. Paul knew that not only did he
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