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August 13, 2010

No Such Thing as Bad Luck

I am not a superstitious person. I do not have triskaidekaphobia, which is the fear of the number 13. I don’t think that Friday the 13th, which today is, is an especially unlucky day. In fact, I don’t believe in luck – good or bad....

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August 10, 2010

Longing for Home

Vacations can be fun and exciting, relaxing or exhausting, long or short. Before a vacation, I anticipate what I will do on vacation, the places I will go and people I will see. Before my recent vacation to New York, I purchased tickets for a...

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August 2, 2010

Perseverance Pays Off, Sometimes

Perseverance is an important character trait that pays off in the end. For the Christian, perseverance through the trials of this life, of the race marked out for us by God, results in the ultimate reward of eternity in heaven with our Savior. But perseverance...

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July 9, 2010

Things I’m Grateful For

The concept of gratitude has been on my mind all week. It might be in part because one of the three angel-card words sitting on my desk right now is gratitude (along with “trust” and “purification”). But it is more than that. I have come to...

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June 28, 2010

The Perfect Balance of Truth and Love

Six weeks ago today we planted grass seed in our front yard. My husband worked hard to prepare the soil and roll it flat. We scattered the seed and covered it with peat moss to protect it. The forecast called for partly sunny and partly...

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May 26, 2010

Rebuilding in the Face of Opposition

I recently wrote about my return from exile and mentioned having gone through a Bible study on the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. I decided it was time I reread those books, and today I started by reading through Ezra. The book of Ezra is about...

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May 3, 2010

Faith: the Miracle of the Open-Minded

Christians are often accused of being closed-minded by the world. I suppose this is because we have chosen to believe Jesus is the only way to God. But when you think about it, Christians are probably the most open-minded people in the world. There is a...

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