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in August 2023
Of Broken Records And Open Doors
Chances are, you are not too familiar with the name Willie Myrick. He isn’t an actor or star. But several years ago, he grabbed the headlines of major news outlets because of astonishing circumstances.
Ten-year-old Willie was playing outside his home in Atlanta, Georgia, when he spotted some money on the sidewalk. As he bent down ...
“Keep Your Courage…”
Remember that rhyme, “Row, row, row your boat”? Evidently, we can sail ever so "gently down the stream" because after all “life is but a dream.”
I’m not sure who penned that rhyme or what kind of “happy” state of mind they were in when they wrote it, but turns out that life is anything but ...
When Your Best-Laid Plans Crumble
The last couple of weeks have been a whirlwind. The kind of whirlwind that yanks plans out of your hands and rips it into a 3000-piece jigsaw puzzle.
My mom had been scheduled for a knee-replacement surgery. The timing of the procedure had been planned precisely: it would be a week after my husband returned from ...
What’s So Amazing About Guilt?
Guilt has a bad rap. For obvious reasons.
It dredges up memories we would rather forget and swirls up emotions we would rather ignore. No one wants to feel guilty. Or, as we like to say, no one wants to go on a “guilt trip.”
Guilt “trips” are not fun little vacations. They usually make us want ...
Words May Fail, But He Never Will
Sometimes the days are overwhelming,
It’s too dark to see God’s face,
Sometimes my heart forgets to sing,
My days too choked to remember His grace.
But today He reminds me,
That He is never far away
He sees me through the darkness;
Even in times I can’t really pray.
His Spirit intercedes with groans
when I have no words to speak,
He supplies His ...
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