Rock Bottom

I’m not sure that I’ve ever hit “rock bottom”, but I’m confident that I’ve been close before. I see “rock bottom” as the lowest point that I could sink too. I see “rock bottom” as a place of desperation, struggle and often pain.  When I think of my “rock bottom” and then I reflect on…

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Judgement

I’ve only been involved in court on a few occasions. I do enjoy some television shows that are based on courtroom drama.  One of my all-time favorite shows was Law & Order. A couple more were Matlock & Perry Mason. I do understand that these shows made the courtroom a bit more fun and exciting…

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Reform

I have been a part of the Restoration Movement for most of my life. It was a Christian movement that sought to reform the church from within. The movement also sought “the unification of all Christians in a single body patterned after the church of the New Testament.” The word reform and restore are closely…

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IF

This is a small word with a big place in our language. This word is considered a “conjunction”, which is a transition word connecting two different thoughts or words.  Please know that I’m not an “English major”, but I do understand the significance of such a simple little word. I use this word a lot…

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Renew

This word means to “begin again” or to “restore or replenish”. I have had relationships over the years that when I connect up with people I haven’t seen in years, there’s a bit of a renewal to our relationship. There are activities of my life that I have let go, but I have renewed later.…

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Revive

This word has an important word in most every part of its definition, and that word is “again”. The word Revive carries with it words like: restart, renew, return, rebuild, vigor, strength, restore to name a few. It is a word that has some life and hope inside its meaning. For example, I want to renew…

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