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Don’t Allow the Rocks to Do Your Job
I’m not going to relate the story of Job from the Bible, hopefully you are aware of it already. After he lost all of his children and everything he owned, instead of pointing an accusing finger to...
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Weekend Harbinger
The work week is finished, time to party! The memories I have of those Friday afternoons, or any day that preceded a day off, are vivid to my mind. I know that as much as I looked forward to partying...
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A New Identity, Discover You
Coming to, after years of living the party life opens new realities of the person I was, I became, and now am. It’s hard to look at. Seeing the early years of innocence turn into a long period of...
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Hear The Prophets
Sir Winston Churchill was a voice crying in the wilderness. Prior to WWII, he warned the people of Great Britain of the danger that Adolph Hitler posed. Then Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, met...
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Be Careful Little Mouth
“Please Lord, make my words today sweet and tender, for tomorrow I may have to eat them,” -anon “Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.” – Rudyard Kipling The children playground...
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A Recipe for Spiritual Growth
The Seed “Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints..” Eph.6:18 To grow spiritually, we need...
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Rigorous Honesty, I Lied
I told a lie two years ago. No unintentional, accidental, white-lie. It was a bare-faced lie. The actual story is inconsequential, but the reason for the lie is worse. I see from the ripple effect that...
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Man of Big Dreams
There are certain characters from Bible stories that really get my attention. In the book of Genesis, the one who stands out is Joseph. Why he stands out to me is not the coat of many “colors” Bible...
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The Danger of Forgetting
Remember 9/11/2001? People changed overnight in 2001. When we saw the many lives snuffed out on live TV, our blood boiled with anger and the majority wanted vengeance. For the months that followed,...
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Does the Church Hurt Families?
Since my time in recovery from alcoholism and drug abuse, I have heard many in meetings say, “church isn’t the place to recover, that will get you back where you were.” It is not a vendetta against...
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About Midnight: Expect the Supernatural
I sometimes think how negative my posts are. You probably agree, writing constantly about addictions and/or related social problems and loss can drag one down emotionally. The intention is to bring...
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The Famine, the Fire, the Answer
How long do we live by two opinions? Who do we really believe has the answers? I believe sincerely and entirely, that we have arrived at the crucial place in time as a nation, that Israel faced three...
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Lord, Have Mercy
For the lonely and friendless, no one cares for, Lord, have mercy.Those bound by grief and sorrow, and all seems lost, Lord, have mercy.The one never knowing love, Lord have mercy.For the...
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Pour Down Like Rain
Rain falls, saturates the dry earth and plants. Tree, flowers, crops, soil, all benefit from the rainfall. With no rain the plants wither and dry, the ground hardens and cracks, thirsting for a shower...
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NDP, Some Considerations
I do not want to make this a long post of the history of the” NDP”, nor of it’s recent neglect and finger pointing with all of the recent, “can you believe that” accusations. I would like for you and...
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Relapse: Powerless Grad School
What causes anyone to return to misery and pain they had found freedom from, I may never figure out. I know addiction has power over the addicted, so I am not finger pointing. I may never know why,...
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Heavy Hands
I spend a few moments nearly every morning on Facebook, wishing Happy birthdays mainly, checking personal messages, etc. I always check out the news feed too. I notice quite a bit of gloom in many of...
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Labor of Love
Labor and love do not seem to belong in the same sentence, do they. The things I love to do I really do not consider that to be work. I enjoy shopping bargains. I could spend hours looking through old...
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Disturbing Trends
I do not think it is important to live my life worrying about things that have little probability of happening. Nor do I want to have “conspiracy theories” bouncing around in my head, creating...
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“Snap Out of It”
I watched the movie “Moonstruck” some time back. The movie starred Nicholas Cage and Cher, and in one scene, Cage tells Cher, engaged to Cage’s brother, “I love you,” in a very dramatic way. She slaps...
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