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Reasons, Visions, and Challenges The Good Kind What reasons can you claim to rekindle enthusiam and ambition that may have dwindled? What would truly set determination in motion for you? As an author, I've learned that I require a burning reason to write. And it needs...
Because He Lives The first time I heard the song Because He Lives written and sung by Bill Gaither, something about the melody and the lyrics grabbed my attention—and held it. I was mesmerized by the words. They filled the room with a sense of power and promise. Why?...
Something Beautiful Springtime is quite simply miraculous! The fact that it’s filled with wonderful surprises gives hope for the future. Springtime shows us new beginnings and new life. There is a song sung by the Gaithers with the lyrics by Bill Gaither. It’s words...
Peppermint candy canes have a colorful history--or colorless! They began as straight white sugar sticks! Personally, I'm ever so delighted that red stripes were eventually added! Where would my arrangement of peppermint and roses be without them? History of the...
Small But Glistening Details What’s worthy about a picture of gemstones? The answer depends on how aware you are that---from the pages of a coloring book, and with a few sharply pointed pencils in multiple hues---an awaiting creation has amazing potential. Is that too...
Life Changes in Fiction The book Christyset the tone for my life changes. My sister-in-law put a copy of Catherine Marshall's novel in my hands, otherwise I may never have read it. Her story allowed me to get alone and take myself seriously (or not so...
Baby Steps Are Just The Beginning I couldn't have imagined her baby steps almost fifty years ago when I held my newborn baby girl. At less than five pounds, she was unique in every way, right down to her transparent little fingernails. Each tiny, delicate, perfectly...
God Equips Willing Hearts Sometimes it happens when we least expect it, but God equips willing hearts if we ask. Every five weeks I get my hair trimmed. Richard cuts it, and he does two things to make me glad I’ve come to him and not somebody else. Aside from...
What if we could hear the voice of God? Not one that sounds like a mad parent, rather one that speaks of his love for us, the mercy he freely gives to us, and his help to live each day. For a believer in Jesus Christ, the Bible is God’s voice to address every aspect...
Even as an eight-year-old I had to build hope in new people and surroundings. That’s not really so unusual since all our days are fresh and different, infused with options to renew or rebuild our hope and thereby maximize our potential for living life victoriously.
Have you found yourself in a situation where you’ve been short-circuited with no strength for living?
Courage of Your Convictions Do you have the confidence to act in accordance with your beliefs or ideologies, especially in the face of resistance, criticism, or persecution? That’s courage—the courage of your convictions. It’s the power to choose, and the knowledge to...
Reasons, Visions, and Challenges The Good Kind What reasons can you claim to rekindle enthusiam and ambition that may have dwindled? What would truly set determination in motion for you? As an author, I've learned that I require a burning reason to write. And it needs...
Because He Lives The first time I heard the song Because He Lives written and sung by Bill Gaither, something about the melody and the lyrics grabbed my attention—and held it. I was mesmerized by the words. They filled the room with a sense of power and promise. Why?...
Something Beautiful Springtime is quite simply miraculous! The fact that it’s filled with wonderful surprises gives hope for the future. Springtime shows us new beginnings and new life. There is a song sung by the Gaithers with the lyrics by Bill Gaither. It’s words...
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“Be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, And tolerant of the weak… Because someday in your life you will be all of these.”
George Washington Carver
“Be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, And tolerant of the weak… Because someday in your life you will be all of these.”
George Washington Carver
“Be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, And tolerant of the weak… Because someday in your life you will be all of these.”
George Washington Carver
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