Positive thoughts from a Christian Perspective
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The Prudent Give Thought to Their Steps
What’s the one luxury you can’t live without? The one luxury I can’t live without is GPS. Except, in this case, I’m not referring to guidance in earthly terms, but from a spiritual perspective. The GPS I can’t live without is “God’s Positioning System.” Note: if you’re not a religious person, please keep reading. I…
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Only Roosters Crow
It started as a question over coffee: “Do chickens crow, or just roosters?” I answered my wife Dr. Seuss style, “Only roosters crow, as far as I know.” I hedged my response, because I knew if I said, “Yes, only roosters crow,” she would have Googled it immediately. What if there’s a rare breed of…
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The Shoe in the Parking Lot
It was in a restaurant parking lot, sitting perfectly parallel to the yellow line of a parking space. How did one child’s clog end up here? I have my own theory, but will leave room for your thoughts, kind reader. Since I work with children as an educational administrator, my initial sentiment was, “Somewhere out…
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The Importance of Letting Go: Lessons from Trees
On the golf course near where I work, there’s the cutest little oak sapling. It’s staked off, to protect from the wind, and encircled with chicken wire, to deter animal damage. But it will be several years before this little guy is a golfing hazard, as oak trees grow slowly. Speaking of years gone by,…
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Right Ideas but Wrong Timing: A Life Lesson
There was this guy I knew in college, I’ll call him Fred, who was a heavy sleeper. He could fall asleep, and stay asleep, almost anywhere. One Sunday evening, while his roommates played a raucous game of cards, Fred crawled up in his bunk bed and crashed. At some point during the night, the others…
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Turning to God in Times of Crisis
A couple from our church has a two-year old son. One day last week, the little one came down with a awful cough and started running a fever. His mother gave him some over-the-counter medicine and put him down for a nap, then called the doctor’s office to make an appointment. When the kid awoke,…
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