Posted: October 8, 2023
Spunk is defined as having courage and determination. I think we need this to be able to do more than just survive. Maybe tenacity is your word-determination with persistence. Tenacity it’s similar, but that courage that comes from having some spunk or grit in you is the starting point for many good things. “Life begins
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Posted: September 25, 2023
Seems to me like each day goes by very fast. It’s as if it slipped through my fingers and all the sudden it’s yesterday. The truth is, all those todays that became yesterday are the sum total of our life when we get to tomorrow. Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have
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Posted: September 17, 2023
I have this little garden stone that says, “In search of my mother’s garden I found my own.” I treasure that little stone because it is a reminder to me to cherish all the things my mother left me: her love, her faith and her lessons in life and gardening. The little stone is not
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Posted: September 11, 2023
This title sounds crazy right? You probably said, “Of course I know who I am?” Do you? Are you the person you thought you would be or want to be? Or are you the person everyone expects you to be? How well do you know your individual self, not the one you are to other
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Posted: September 3, 2023
I don’t know how many times in my life I would make plans, then someone would need help or plan something else and it would take precedence over what I wanted to do. Yes, it can be disappointing but when I took into consideration how much I cared for those people, I just learned to
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Posted: August 27, 2023
One highly debated topic over the years has been about how life began? Many of us believe God created the universe but there are some that believe more of a Big Bang theory. I remember years ago, people talking about how there was a big explosion and all life began after that. When I did
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Posted: August 21, 2023
How many of you hate your commute or the time you must spend in your vehicle going places? Seems like a waste of valuable time, doesn’t it? Does it have to be? Last week I talked about how productive a person could be in just five to ten minutes, this week I want to address
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Posted: August 13, 2023
How often do we consider five minutes here or ten minutes there to be a worthless amount of time? This is so-far-from-the-truth! In the physical realm, in five to ten minutes a person could pick up clothes, tidy up a room, wipe off counters, unload the dishwasher, sign a note or greeting card and take
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Posted: August 6, 2023
Many years ago, when I was raising a family, I wrote this poem during some quiet time of reflection and it is published in my book, A Student of Life. Once Again In the quiet of the day, I feel you near. My eyes behold a majestic sky, carefully painted with your gentle hand. I
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Posted: July 31, 2023
Some make ask, “why do people pray?” I believe we pray because of need. Not just our daily needs or when we are in a situation where we really need God’s help, but we pray to fill that hole inside us that God put there so that we will need Him. Without filling that hole
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