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Tears Examined

1518) Have you ever given thought to something that comes naturally to our bodies: tears? Why do our bodies react to extreme emotion, either positive or negative? I picture a pressure cooker letting off steam. Our tears are the body’s way of letting off the pressure of an emotional swing. This is a good thing.
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What are Your Gifts?

1517) We all have been given gifts and abilities. If you’re older, as I am, you should be very aware of what these are, but if you aren’t, Paul tells us in 1 Timothy 4:14, that we should know what they are and be using them. In this verse, Paul is writing to Timothy, and
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Comfort Zones

1516) We all have our comfort zones and we tend to, even if it’s subconsciously, try to manipulate our interactions with others to fall within these areas. For example, there are those whose comfort zone is to bicker and argue. It may be because the person has adopted the idea that they need to get
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Let It Go

1515) Growing up, I heard multiple times in Sunday school, church, youth group and more that there are things in life we must “let go” of. I remember desperately wanting to let go of some things, but I could not figure out how. If you have had this difficulty too, Proverbs 19:11 reveals two things
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What Works and What Doesn’t

1514)  Throughout my years of teaching, I have discovered the need to shift my teaching style several times to be the most effective communicator and leader in my classroom. Some of these shifts have been easy, such as making sure I shift activities every twenty minutes but others have not. One such difficult shift is
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I’m In It with You

1513) One of the worst feelings you can experience is feeling alone. You’re sitting there in a pain no one else is aware of, or worse yet, no one else seems to care about. We weren’t meant to be alone and there are many Bible verses that tell us this very thing and there is
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The Underdog

1512) As a teacher, I have always rooted for the underdogs; the students who seemed to have nothing going for them and those who were overlooked by the “in” crowd. These kids were in my line of vision because I can see and recognize the pain in their faces. Through the 38 years I have
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Right on Time

1511) I must confess there is one thing that bugs me more about others than anything else and that is when an adult is not on time. When I taught high school, I would take teens camping over a weekend twice a year. (I know, I can’t imagine doing that now.) We would get back
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First Watch

1510) I love to read and when I get a chance, I dig right in. I enjoy many books in both the fiction and non-fiction genre. There are times too, when I go back and read a book I read years ago because, as Robertson Davies said, “Nobody ever reads the same book twice.” The
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A Promise Worth Noting

1509) When I was a child, we had a code most of us lived by. If we said something of importance, another child would say, “Cross your heart?” and we’d do this with our fingers, promising we would follow through and do whatever we were referring to. Promises don’t seem to mean the same today
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