
Jesus Is…

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What is Essential? Really?

We can get by without a great many things that we consider ‘essential’; just ask anyone who was born several decades ago. Some people still remember when electricity was first installed into their homesteads; they jokingly tell of out houses, milking cows, and the ice man delivering a large block of ice to make ‘refrigeration’.
I remember when the first cell phones became common, only business owners were known to have such. Regular people didn’t seem to have a just cause to even entertain the thought of needing a telephone with them at all times. Our first cellular phone was the size of a small handbag housed in a zippered case; we thought we had arrived! Now even many elementary aged children sport the latest in telephone technology. Yes, times have changed.
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The Heart Of The Matter

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Great Expectations

You may have read the popular story of the African king who had a good friend he had grown up with and his friend had the habit of always saying “this is good” whenever anything happened.
One day while they were out on a hunting mission, the friend, having prepared the guns for the king as was customary, gave him a loaded gun that misfired when the king used it. The misfire blew one of the king’s thumbs off, to which the friend stated, “This is good.”
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Under Construction

Have you ever made such a mess of things that you just felt like the ‘mess’ was beyond repair? Possibly a relationship blunder or fiasco on the job and the residual fallout left you feeling like perhaps you should just leave or quit. If it were possible, you would just start all over with a new identity. The problem with that is, ‘wherever you are, there you will be.’ You are always the common denominator.
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Put Fear In Its Place

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When God Is Silent

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Looking Back, Moving Forward

There are a lot of famous people from the past that I admire, but they like all of us, are a mixed bag. Not ‘all’ their qualities were admirable, not all the decisions they made were perfect. We have the tendency to examine their lives and decide we would not have made the same mistakes. Psychologists call that hindsight bias; it’s how we as humans have the tendency to overestimate our ability to predict an outcome.
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The View From Here

When I was a little child, a neighborhood friend a few houses up the street, lived in a home with a steep driveway. It was the delight of each of us to ride our bikes down that ‘very high mountain’. I remember having to work up my courage the first time or two down. Once I realized I wouldn’t die, it was all the more fun. Many years later we drove through the old neighborhood. While surveying old landmarks, I laughed at myself when I saw the ‘steep driveway’ for it was nothing more than a slight incline. It was hardly a ‘very high mountain’. That’s perspective.
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What’s On Your Mind Today?

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