Tag: Peace
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When You’re God’s Child, it’s Enough
The student’s hoodie had an inspirational message: “Never Give Up. Keep the Enthusiasm.” With the young man’s permission I took a picture, but one letter of the message was missing. This may sound peculiar, but I’ve learned to interpret such coincidences as messages from God. “Never Give U.” What does it mean? A little Bible…
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Too Much and Enough
Have you ever felt drawn to something that turned out to be more harmful than good? Marie Curie was a highly acclaimed physicist and chemist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The first woman to win a Nobel prize, she is famous for developing and proving the theory of radioactivity. Unfortunately, the damaging…
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Tech Trouble
Our five year old broadband modem was running slowly and no longer updating. So, I called our internet service provider and a nice gentleman set me up with a brand new one: promising faster speeds and better security. The package arrived on my doorstep two days later. I eagerly plugged in the new electronic gadget,…
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Blurb for a Fellow Blogger (3)
If you’re on the look out for a devotional collection that plants a scriptural seed and provides the water and fertilizer too, this is it! Here’s a second excellent book, by my blogger friend Bridget Thomas, that contains thirty short chapters, each dedicated to a different facet of the believer’s identity in Christ. A key…
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Oh Happy Day!
Twice in one day this week, I saw the same message: “It is what it is.” The first time was on a bumper sticker–coming through the morning car line at my school. Then, it was after dismissal –on a custodian’s tee shirt. Now, I’m the kind of guy who goes fishing for a life application…
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Slippery When Happy
It was the fall of 2007, and many of my friends were upgrading to a new Apple device called the iPhone. I marveled at the 3.5” multi-touch screen and the little square icons called apps. Suddenly, my Motorola flip phone seemed out-of-date. A few years later, someone in the waiting room at my doctor’s office…
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