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Helping Can Be Tiring

1032) Sometimes I have wished for just a nickel every time my name is called during the school day. If I could add them up and multiply for 36 school years, I think I would be surprised at how much money that would produce. If I have responded and worked with everyone who has called
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Do You Care?

1031) When you are married, there is one little thing you can do to make a huge positive difference, and that is, showing you care about your mate by doing little things. For example, my husband’s and my body respond differently to the cold, therefore, I have an electric blanket on my side of the
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Reconciled

1030) I have had the privilege of visiting many foreign countries. There is something somewhat magical about being in a place other than the country you live and it can also be a little stressful, especially as you work through immigration and such, just to set foot in these places. As soon as you’ve worked
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One 3-Letter Word

1029) Words are very important. What we say, read or hear carries weight and it would also be good to evaluate what we say, read or hear. The absence of specific words can also be important. For example, in 1631, Robert Barker was reprinting the King James Bible, and he left out one little word
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The Quicksand of Despair

1028) When I was in college, one thing we were required to do was a type of community service that many institutions now require, only these “services” were of the spiritual nature. One assignment I had was to visit patients in a nursing home, reading to them from the Bible, encouraging them, etc. I found
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The Known

1027) Here in Maine, we have some of the most breath-taking views. Pick a season, and you’ll marvel at the beauty. (See below the picture of a sunrise I took a few years ago.) Personally, I love sunrises and sunsets and as I gaze at them; I am reminded that as beautiful as it is
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Clay is Fragile

1026) When I was in high school, one of my favorite classes was art. Our teacher was definitely an outside-the-box person, and that’s why I liked him. In my senior year, we did a unit on working with clay. I don’t remember what we made with it, but I remember that he had a 5-gallon
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A Twisted Gift

1025) Let’s get real today. This life is full of difficulties, heartache and trials and because of that, we often seek to be comforted. Nothing wrong with that, but have you considered how many people try to get comfort? Alcohol? Drugs? Food? Gossip? Distractions? These things and more are the fruit of Satan taking a
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Active Versus Passive

1024) As a lover of words, when I consider “active” and “passive,” I have the urge to look them up. The word “active” comes from the Latin word, “activus” which means preferring action to contemplation. The word “passive” comes from the Latin word passivus  meaning to suffer. In 1 Corinthians 16:13, Paul instructs the church
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Labor Contracts

1023) When I was young, my mother would sometimes put a list on the refrigerator of all that we needed to do before we could go out and play. These weren’t laborious but, as kids, we thought they were. When we were “done” in our eyes, my mother would look over the jobs and declare
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