Come and Get It!

March 16, 2024 by  
Filed under Family

When I was growing up my mom bolted an old iron bell to the backside of the house. When it was time for dinner, chores, or some other event that she needed us home for, I heard that bell from anywhere in the neighborhood and knew I had about five minutes to get myself home. I raced from the neighbor’s house where I was playing and arrived back home out of breath, panting, waiting to see what Mom needed.
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Hot or Lukewarm?

March 14, 2024 by  
Filed under Humorous

My four-year-old buddy, Ethan, has discovered the joy of chewing gum, and now begs anyone he sees for a piece of gum.  Recently, someone gave him a stick of cinnamon-flavored gum.  Others warned him that it might be too hot for him.  He placed half a stick in his mouth. I n seconds, his eyes watered and he waved his hand in front of his mouth.  All of a sudden he screamed for the gum wrapper and just as if his tongue was on fire, he spit the gum out.  He said he wanted to give it time to "cool down" a bit before chewing it.  I guess he confused spicy hot and warm hot!  His mom was always telling him to blow on his soup if it was too hot, so he figured it would work for spicy hot gum!

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The Power of the Spoken Word

March 11, 2024 by  
Filed under Life Topics

By Gina Stinson 

We’ve all done it. Said something we didn’t mean to say.  Whether we said it thoughtlessly or in anger, or even if it was said in jest, it just didn’t come out the way we intended it to.  And there were consequences—a friendship hurt, a relationship severed, a spouse’s silence, a child’s tears. Boy, if we’d only thought through the words we said out loud before we said them.

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Pray to the Father

March 9, 2024 by  
Filed under Worship

During the thirty-three years Jesus spent on this earth, He spent a lot of time praying to His Father, and He instructed us to do the same.  Notice He didn’t tell us to pray to Him (Jesus); He told us to pray to the Father in His (Jesus’) name.  There’s a difference, and sometimes we miss it.

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Waves of Doubt

March 7, 2024 by  
Filed under Personal Growth

Not too long ago I visited the beach in the town where I grew up.  I was amazed at the amount of sand lost due to erosion from summer storms.  I don't know how many thousands of dollars the state spent on beach restoration, but a good twenty-five feet of it was now back at sea.  This day, it was easy to understand why.  The wind, so strong it blew the huge beach flags almost perpendicular to the ground, crashed salty waves into the sandy shore.  The ocean churned with each mighty wave acting as a giant scoop taking more sand out into the open waters.

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