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11/25/2016
Today’s wisdom is from God: 1 Thessalonians 5:18 says, “Give thanks in all circumstances.” Maybe right now your life is dark and dismal and it is difficult to be grateful. Maybe the following will remind you of gifts you possess . . . even in the dark times of life: GIVING THANKS If you woke […]
05/19/2015
It looked like it was going to be an all-day dreary event, and I was already too sullen and crabby. Several years ago, Larry and I had been hiking on the Pacific Crest Trail and on day number four, we woke up greeted with a cold, rainy, dreary, day. It looked like it was going […]
11/28/2013
Today’s wisdom is from God: 1 Thessalonians 5:18 says, “Give thanks in all circumstances.” Maybe right now your life is dark and dismal and it is difficult to be grateful. Maybe the following will remind you of gifts you possess . . . even in the dark times of life: GIVE THANKS: If you woke […]
11/22/2015
Are you facing anything trying or painful? Are you worried or angry or hurt? Corrie ten Boom says, “Well, strange as it may seem, perhaps this is precisely the right time to give thanks.” Carrie ten Boom and her sister Betsie were in a German concentration camp, a horrific, flea-ridden, death-dealing place. Both girls were […]
03/17/2015
“If you do not transform your pain, you will surely transmit it.” – Richard Rohr Max Lucado in his book titled, Grace, tells the following story about grace: Victoria Ruvolo can tell you about random pain. On a November evening in 2004, this forty-four-year-old New Yorker was driving to her home on Long Island. She’d […]
08/09/2015
It is a dreary, cloudy, 10 degree in Michigan day! What should one do with such a grey day? God says, “Rejoice.” (Psalm 118:24) Martha Hammond advises: Though it’s cold and wet outside, I awoke this morning in a warm, comfortable home. “Rejoice.” I was hungry for breakfast (and lunch and dinner). A blessing, as […]
12/16/2014
By Rodger Price We’ve all heard the expression, “It’s better to give than to receive,” and we probably all agree with it. I recently heard another expression about giving: “You can’t give more than you receive.” I’ve had some time to ponder this to decide if I really believe it or not, and I think I […]
