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December 26, 2024

Present

"Give yourself a gift, the  present moment."  Marcus Aurelius *** As the year is wrapping up, I find that I’m looking forward to a few things: one of which is returning to my love of books. It has been many years since I’ve read a satisfying book and read, not for improvement or self-development, but for e…
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December 24, 2024

Audacity Restored

“The credit belongs to the man who ….  at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”  T. Roosevelt       I shared a story with…
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December 19, 2024

The Best Is Set To Happen

I was watching a drama with French subtitles and the character said this statement: “The door is open to everyone, but not everyone can take the road.” The statement jumped out at me that I had to write it down. And then, today, someone said to me: “scared money doesn’t make money,” and this person was encouraging m…
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December 17, 2024

Solutions

There are times when you are in certain crowds, certain rooms, even in church, when words of wisdom are delievered, and you check the temperature of the room, and there’s an awareness that the words are going over the majority’s heads. It’s like the farmer is throwing valuable seed onto the field,…
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December 12, 2024

My Help

Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, "Thus far the Lord has helped us." 1 Samuel 7:12 ** From time to time, I write things that encourage me, even on this blog. But there are days like yesterday where discouragement comes out of nowhere and all that I …
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December 10, 2024

Nevertheless

There are kings There are kingdoms There are mountains and there are thrones Only Yeshua will reign forever To His kingdom, there'll be no end Only Yeshua- /David Dam/ *** As someone was ministering a song during service on Sunday (Only Yeshua by David Dam), I paid attention to the lyrics of the song, and from i…
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December 05, 2024

Reed In The Wind

I tell you the truth, of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least person in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he is! Matthew 11:11 ***              During bible study as we talked about faith, it became apparent to me what a great impact our environments make to our…
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December 03, 2024

Hidden Things

I blinked and it’s already December.   It’s tempting to think about all the things that are still outstanding that I was hoping for for 2024, but I cannot take for granted that I have something that cannot be replaced: life. As long as I’m alive, there’s still hope, there’s still opportunity.  It sounds cheesy and …
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November 28, 2024

Learn to Inquire

Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become “fools” so that you may become wise. 1COR3:18 **             I was thinking of what to write for my last blog this month. I asked ChatGPT to help me with some blog prompts, and as I was going down the list, ther…
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November 26, 2024

Language Lessons

Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things. /Flora Lewis/                                                                                                                        *** I’m amazed by people who can speak multiple langua…
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November 21, 2024

Perspective

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing. Camille Pissarro I took my car to the dealership and I had a shuttle ride back to my chosen destination.     I asked the driver, a young-ish guy, if he has been working there long and if this is his main job. I felt his discom…
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November 19, 2024

Like Before

We’ve been friends for a very long time. Part of me feels like we were a lot closer than we are now, and I’ve been saying that I would like us to be close again. I could lament how busy life is, and how there is so much to get done, but that’s an excuse. I could make time; but I’m afraid I’m splitting my time. There…
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November 15, 2024

Satisfied

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.”  – Steve Jobs ** It has been a good week. Productive, powerful, eye opening. Eye opening because I realized in real time that …
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