Today was sort of a strange day. For some reason I was thinking about the plight of the homeless people in my area. And since they were on my mind I seemed to notice so many more of them than I otherwise might.
Well, the fact that I was thinking about the homeless isn’t the [...]
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Have you ever fallen in love with someone, but they didn’t love you?
You tried everything possible to get that person to fall in love with you. You told funny jokes, you gave them gifts, you complimented them, you adorned yourself as much as possible. All to no avail. The love you were seeking from the [...]
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A friend of mine recently told me that he was doing a lot better now at not sinning than he was doing before he became a Christian.
This struck me as an odd thing to say. What would possess a Christian, who’s been freed from sin by the blood of Christ, to say something along those [...]
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Another day has come to an end. And as I think about the day, and what I did for others and how much I thought about my Lord, I have to admit…I was once again, a dismal failure at loving God and my neighbor as myself.
If the equation is: that 100% of my time loving [...]
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When I was a kid, my parents often gave me jobs to do around the house. Yardwork was mainly the area of my responsibilities as I had sisters that took care of the chores inside the house.
When I was specifically told what to do, I did it, for better or worse, out of a sense [...]
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