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Perhaps when you think of Scripture memory you think of your days in Sunday School or VBS. You diligently memorized the required verses so you could get a gold star or a cool prize. But probably as soon as Sunday School or VBS was over, you promptly forgot those Scriptures. I know that’s what happened […]
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Years ago, I notice a need for taming my tongue. Even though I never intended to hurt anyone, it seemed my words continually did just that. I decided I needed a mouth makeover. When I began my mouth makeover, my major motivation was to stop looking foolish with my foot stuck in my mouth. As […]
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How would you describe your relationship with your mirror? I have a love/hate relationship with mine. The shiny surface comes in handy to check if I have lipstick on my teeth or bits of powdered sugar doughnut clinging to my lips, but I don’t always like what I see in the mirror. I look in […]
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Finding your true self–it’s a quest we are all on. Because too often we live in a disguise. Did you put on your funny self today to hide the pain in your heart? Did you dress up in the competent, confident self even though you feel like a failure? Are you wearing the bubbling, outgoing […]
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Are you wearing a mask? We sometimes wear masks on Halloween. We sometimes wear masks to costume parties. In these days of COVID-19 we wear masks to stores. But are you wearing a mask now? Did you wear a mask yesterday? Will you wear one tomorrow? I admit that I sometimes I hide behind […]
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We’ve all been there. We’ve all endured a conversation with someone who only wants to boast. Her conversation centers on the topic of herself. She drops names to try to impress. When you attempt to tell something about yourself, she counters with something better about her life. She doesn’t bother asking you questions about your […]
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What do you do when angry words build up in your heart? How do you cool them down before they explode out of your mouth like heat-seeking missiles? I remember the day when, as a newlywed, I decided to cook dinner using one of our wedding gifts—a pressure cooker. I had been learning about the […]
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In the hazy spotlight of the corner streetlamp, three pre-teen girls moved to the music that rang out from the nearby portable record player. Hair flying. Arms waving. Hips swaying. Their feet stomped on the concrete driveway to the beat of “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’.” Boots of Selfishness Summer was our season. Mary, […]
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When life is uncertain, we often react with worry. We start carrying our worries around with us like a designer purse. We throw more and more of our anxieties into that bag of worry. The trouble is that these worries can weigh us down. Just like a heavy purse can wreak havoc with our posture […]
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These days we all feel like we are on the road to nowhere. We feel stuck in a time warp, thrown into an alternate reality that we never wanted. What can we do in times like these? When I visit my mother, I need to take a four-hour drive from my house in Illinois to […]
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