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  • Good Grief: The Benefits
    Posted on Monday, October 12th, 2015 | Tagged: Uncategorized

    Grief (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. 3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is …[ read more ]

  • God’s GPS–Not Society’s
    Posted on Monday, October 5th, 2015 | Tagged: compass, gps, Proverbs 14:12, sin, sorrow

    Garmin GPS riderview (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) After a fabulous sister-date where we brought my niece to see Santa in July, Janine and I headed back to Malone from the North Pole in Wilmington. Unfortunately, the road home was closed, so we had to rely on my Garmin. It got me lost. My sister took out …[ read more ]

  • No Rewards in Heaven? I’m Bankrupt.
    Posted on Monday, September 28th, 2015 | Tagged: generosity, heavenly rewards, mercy, rewards on earth

    This could’ve been mine! My case is hopeless. I have no reward awaiting me in paradise. None. I’ve spent it all here on earth, but to be honest, I’ve tried to add jewels to my heavenly crown. I’ve worked to make my life the purest gold (or at least silver). And it’s all God’s fault. …[ read more ]

  • The Confession Conundrum: Step 1–Quit Denying
    Posted on Monday, September 21st, 2015 | Tagged: Celebrate Recovery, confession, denial, judgment

    Step 1. Realize I’m not God. I admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing and that my life is unmanageable. Step 1, Celebrate Recovery. One of the first principles in Celebrate Recovery , a Bible based version of AA, is to quit denying you have a problem. One way you …[ read more ]

  • How To Be Happy: Sew Simple
    Posted on Monday, September 14th, 2015 | Tagged: Ecclesiastes, joy, life

    Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot” (Ecc. 5:18). I used to love to sew. That is after I …[ read more ]

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      Carol McClain My friend pastors a small country church. Recently, about four RVs, belonging to church members, pulled up in front of the church--blocking the view from the road. The RV owners decided to camp out here all year. One member has a key to the church, and uses it for the bathroom. They get their water from the church's supply. When asked to leave by the pastor, they refused. Their intention is to leave their oversized vehicles in front of the church and thus avoid storage fees, camping fees, water and sewage fees. Beyond these facts, I won't indulge… ...[ full story ]

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