Set Apart

There are so many specific jobs in this country. There are many specialty fields in the medical community, manufacturing, food service, retail and many more. I have not had a lot of different jobs in my working life. As a kid I worked at Hardees for a summer job. I worked at the Kentucky Department…

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Plea

It looks to me like that this word is too short! The word “Plea” means: “a serious and emotional request for something”. * It is usually associated with the court of law where a person enters a plea before the court of “guilty or not guilty.” There are other words that are derived from the…

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Changed Man

  I’ve met people before that I knew when I was younger and they are completely different than when I first knew them.   I believe it is in me and everyone – the power to change. I have noticed people who were once arrogant and haughty become humble and kind. I’ve seen people who were…

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A Hard Fall

I’ve heard before that “the bigger they are the harder they fall”. I’m not sure who coined this little phrase. It simply means the more power or success a person has, the harder it is for them to accept losing it. I believe that with much power comes much responsibility. Leaders who are in the…

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Humility & Wealth

It seems that it’s nearly impossible for these two characteristics to coexist in a person. I believe that it’s easy to have self-confidence in my own abilities to perform and forget that the Lord is the One Who gifted me and blessed me. He is the Source of all that I know and all that…

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Gloating

This to me is not an attractive characteristic. Gloating means “to contemplate or dwell on one’s own success or another’s misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure”. Gloating carries with it a huge thread of arrogance as well. This is not a characteristic that is becoming for a Christ follower. In Ezekiel, the Lord punishes Tyre…

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