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Contrasts of Life
Sometimes in life we don't notice good things as much until there's something different, something bad, or something wrong. Not that we don't notice good things at all, it's just sometimes they are highlighted when something around us is not going well. Light is more...
Kind Words
I recently came across a note a friend wrote to me earlier this year. It felt good to read the words again, and today I started thinking about how good kind words can make you feel. It doesn't take a lot of words either. Just a couple words of kindness feel quite...
A Bit on Give and Take
Sometimes when I think of give and take in a relationship, I think more of the giving part. But sometimes I do need to take, and I don't always want to. Something about it feels like I'm stealing or being needy, but neither of those is true. Just like I would give to...
Unseen Injuries
After a physical injury heals, if it was bad enough sometimes you can still feel it. It may have healed just fine and be fully functional again, but on certain days or depending on how you've moved around, it just doesn't feel quite like it used to. This happens with...
Notes on Obedience
To obey is better than sacrifice. You might not always know why you are given an instruction until after you obey it. You don't have to understand why you're doing something to obey the instruction. It is important to know who you're obeying. It is important to know...
The Cause or the Blame?
The man preaching yesterday morning preached on properly responding to tribulation and trouble in life. He had been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer last year, even though he'd never had a lifestyle or been in an environment that would have caused it. This is the...