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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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May 9, 2010

Gratitude for Family

Gratitude is a wonderful antidote for sadness. If we look  to what others have and compare our possessions with theirs, often we will feel sad and ungrateful for what we have been blessed with. We have a tendency to only see the good things that ...

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April 27, 2010

Thank God I’m Not Done

This morning I was listening to my iPod on shuffle and the song “I Am Nothing” by Jeremy Camp came on. The first verse goes like this:   Seems I’m always in this place, Where the things I seem to take, Are the things I wish would...

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April 20, 2010

Herding Our Negative Thoughts

What we think about determines how we feel, how we act, and much of what we say. The apostle Paul in his letter to the Philippians told the early believers what they should be thinking about: Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever...

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April 1, 2010

What Is Eternal Life?

Today is Maundy Thursday, the day on which Christ’s church commemorates His last supper with His disciples. At the last supper, Jesus and His disciples were celebrating the Jewish festival of Passover, which this year began on Tuesday. Passover doesn’t always fall during Holy Week,...

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March 3, 2010

Contentment and Happiness

I read an anonymous quote today that I really liked: “Happiness is not getting what you want, but wanting what you have.” I think that is so true. A person can have a lot, but if they always want more they will not be happy....

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February 19, 2010

The Discipline of Gratitude

Wednesday of this week was Ash Wednesday, and so we are now in the season of Lent. Though many people think that Lent is something only Catholics observe, I have learned that it is prominent in other churches as well, including the Lutheran church. Generally...

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