Tag: God
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Wakey Wake, Cupcake
It used to annoy me when my laptop kept telling me it needed a software update or virus scan or some other preventative maintenance. Ask me later, I clicked on the screen: “Can’t you see I’m busy?” But then, the inevitable happened. I got a computer virus that wiped out my entire hard drive. Important…
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He Gives More Grace
This past week at summer school, a first grader, I’ll call him Chris, read a book to me. Chris is working hard to learn his consonant blends and diagraphs. The hi-lighted word is an example. When Chris sees the “sh” that starts the word shape, he’s still learning to put the sound of s and…
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God’s Arithmetic
As a summer school principal I get to visit every classroom. Dropping in on first grade this week, I met a student who had just finished a puzzle. I asked the young boy, “Why is the number 7 in the middle?” Without hesitation he said, “It’s because all of them (the addition problems) add up…
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In Case of Emergency
Got a plan?
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God is My Pointer
When I was a kid, my father had a quail hunting buddy who was also a deacon in our little church. The man’s name was Bob White. Okay, that was a joke🥁. Bobwhite quail are what my dad and Brother Mart liked to hunt together. Anyway, I remember Mart used to say “God is my…
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Open to Be Broken
Picture a younger man standing on the church steps with an older man. He’s a new believer, while the grey haired guy has followed Christ for many years. “How do I grow in God?” you overhear the young man say. And the older man says, “Son, there’s only one way.” “Are you open to be…
