Over the years, I have gained and lost the weight of a  human being in a year. Diets work for me and then they don’t. I have also gotten in really good shape and then slacked off, as well. Each year, becomes harder than the last. Now that I am continuing to rehab after my…

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A child’s kiss Set on thy sighing lips, shall make thee glad; A poor man served by thee, shall make thee rich; A sick man helped by thee, shall make thee strong; Thou shalt be served thyself by every sense Of service which thou renderest. – E.B. Browning   Nothing can change your outlook or…

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Can you drink the cup that I drink of? Mark 10:38 Who’s to know when or how we may be called to take a drink from Christ’s cup – to finish the work God has given us to do. Rodigast said, “The humblest occupation has in it materials of discipline for the highest heaven.” Often…

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No voice of prayer to Thee can rise, But swift of light Thy Love replies; Not always what we ask, indeed, But, O most kind what most we need. – H.M. Kimball And I have also given thee which thou hast not asked. – 1 Kings 3:13 A reader asks, “Should I not pray that…

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Not so in haste, my heart; Have faith in God, and wait; Although he linger long, He never comes too late. – Anon When we suffer (and we all do at one time or the other, in different degrees, and some more than others) we call on God, but many times he doesn’t immediately respond.…

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