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Diminishing God
"A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell." – C. S. Lewis So, there is no… Continue reading
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Make a Friend Tomorrow.
Make a Friend Tomorrow Before you go to sleep tonight, you will most likely review your plans and appointments for tomorrow. Perhaps you will mentally prepare for them or pray about them. You will think about what you will wear… Continue reading
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Reinhold Niebuhr on Reporters and Preachers
I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come together and have the sentimentalism of the one matched with the cynicism of the other. That ought to bring them pretty close to the truth.… Continue reading
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Counting Sheep
Some people think of counting sheep as a way of falling asleep. I would suggest it as a metaphor for staying awake and alert. Proverbs 27:23-24 says (NIV), "Be sure to know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention… Continue reading
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How Is Your Fig Tree?
Proverbs 27:18 NIV) says, "He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored." This is pretty simple: Do your job. Do your best. Then, do better. Treat your job,… Continue reading
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Sharpen Up
Are you taking full advantage of the opportunities that come to you with arms and legs every day? You have been gifted with associates above you and below you on charts made by human hands who have the capacity to… Continue reading
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What Can You Say in 100 Words?
Two lessons to me on blogging: Relate to where people are by speaking from your present emotional location. Say it as succinctly and clearly as possible. I love what Steven Heartsill does with his 100 word blog posts. They are… Continue reading
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Stay on Your Toes
The admonition is to be alert and take nothing and no one for granted. Live life on tiptoe in anticipation, and in awareness of what is going on over the horizon. Boasting vs Believing about Tomorrow We are to make faith… Continue reading
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Chaos
The only thing that is consistently predictable in the universe is the consistent persistence of chaos… And in that, we behold the emergence of divine order at a magnitude that stretches our minds … Beyond their capacity. Continue reading
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Just Be
Tonight as you prepare to rest, just be. Being is what you were meant for, made for, and are maturing into. You are, after all a being, human and developing. Be yourself. Be REAL – Responsible, Evolving, Authentic, and Loving.… Continue reading
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