Humble

If pride is the root of all sin, the humility is the antidote. It is not always to see and notice pride in others or even in me. I often see it in others but ignore that fact that pride is a cancer inside my soul. I must check my heart often to call it…

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Teachable Moment

As my children were growing up, there were many teachable moments along the way. If I wasn’t careful, I could miss them. I’m sure that I did miss some for sure. I believe most parenting is done “along the way” of life. There were teachable moments when a friend was sick. There were teachable moments…

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Keep Planting

I love this time of year when the leaves are back on the trees and everything is coming back to life from the wintertime where it seems everything was dormant. During wintertime, it’s hard to tell which trees are alive and which are dead. As the leaves come back, it’s easy to tell which trees/plants…

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Direction & Protection

Sometimes I pray what some may call a silly prayer. Just yesterday, I needed a small part for my pool pump, and it was after hours that the Pool Store would be opened. I talked to the Lord about this and I thought that I had kept the part from an old filter in the…

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Death

This is not a subject that most people are comfortable discussing. Death involves some unknowns and seems so final. I think if we get the subject out on the table, we will embrace life with more vitality and vigor. I think I can be more positive living my life here on earth when I keep…

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Remain

I am on the go a good bit in my normal everyday job. There are days that I’m hardly at the office at all, because I’m out meeting people or looking at property. There are days when my vehicle never moves once I park in the morning. There is a danger is going hard all…

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