Tag: character
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Anxiety + Resiliency = “Anxiliency”
“You help someone by telling them your story,” says my blogger friend Mitch Teemley. Okay, that’s not a direct quote, but it sums up his purpose in story telling–I think. Since I linked back to his site, maybe he’ll chime in.🤞 My story goes like this: at times I’ve been like a leafless tree, watching…
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A Different Kind of Hero
When his younger brother went off to war in 1942, my grandfather, a bookkeeper, became a reluctant cotton farmer. Their dad was unable to manage 160 acres by himself. So Raymond, my grandfather, came back home to help. Trading ledger books for leather gloves doesn’t sound like that big of a deal. But PaPaw, as…
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Guard Your Heart
Growing up, my house was the neighborhood hub for summer fun. Friends came to play basketball—every day but Sunday—and lined up afterwards for my mom’s homemade popsicles. The front drive was always abuzz with activity. I think my parents liked it this way, because they knew where my brothers and I were, and could also…
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She Had No Quit
“But I want you to keep your head no matter what happens. Don’t give up when times are hard. Work to spread the good news. Do everything God has given you to do.” 2 Timothy 4:5 Industrious. Positive. Determined. These are words that describe my grandmother. A farmer’s daughter who became a farmer’s wife, she…
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Unless the Lord Builds
Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Psalm 127:1 (NIV) As I’ve mentioned before, my wife and I are compulsive watchers of the HGTV (Home and Garden Television) network. The other night we saw a rerun of Holmes Makes It Right that gave me nightmares! If you haven’t seen it, the…
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What Happened to Hope?
I rolled up early one morning last week to one of my favorite running routes on the U.S. Army post where I work. It’s a fairly straight, flat road lined with mature shade trees next to a huge field. Just on the other side of the trees there’s a little creek. This particular morning, a…
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