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At the heart of accepting The Love Challenge is a “holy yearning” for God’s LOVE to illuminate your life. When we meet the challenge to love a broken world with God’s amazing grace and unfathomable love, we are transformed to Christ-likeness. LOVE is the light of the world and extraordinary grace the distinguishing mark of…
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“It’s a bad day for beautiful trees.” I said to the foreman as we stood there assessing the damage. The cuts already made… and the damage done. Alas, there was no turning back. What once was a tree that brought me immense joy in a season of hard was now mangled beyond repair. And would…
I try to live by two mottos. 1️⃣ Assume the best of people. Even when proven wrong, be cautiously optimistic! All of us are fighting hard battles this side of heaven at one time or another. 2️⃣ Never withhold a compliment. No matter who the recipient may be!? The world has enough criticism and harsh-ness….
Much has been said in recent weeks about the importance of kindness, gentleness, and humility. Often, in our society, these attributes are sorely overlooked and characteristics such as personality, charisma, and eloquence are elevated. I love the way James Baker phrased it when referring to his good friend, Pres. H.W. Bush. He said “He was…
As I scrolled through my social media feed, it happened again. Twice (to be exact) and regarding two completely unrelated current events. “If you don’t agree with me on XYZ, unfriend me now!?” ************************** Have you ever found yourself sitting in the Facebook seat of judgement? How about Twitter? I don’t know about you, but…
Real evil exists in this world. And it springs from within the heart of every man. To change the world (to really cure what ails it,) you must first change the heart of man. Since changing a heart’s condition is a one-person job, no ONE can change another’s! But one can certainly impact another’s. Are your deeds,…
{photo: creationswap.com} Do you believe an ATHEIST can be a MORAL person? I do! I believe the potential for good lives in ALL of us. That is the beauty of our creation! Within each and every one of us is an innate desire that seeks goodness and searches for truth; each one possessing a great…
Ever since my daughter was about nine-or-ten-years-old, I’ve been attempting to explain to her the phenomena of mean girls; how to deal with them, and further how they never, ever really go away. After all, I still had MEAN GIRLS of my own… as a grown woman! I think I did this partly because I…