Most of you probably heard the popular adage growing up “Sticks and Stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” Honestly, I think teachers and parents used this saying so children would not be so sensitive to things the other children say. I know from teaching elementary school for twenty-three years that
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Have you ever prayed for patience? Some people would argue that when you pray for patience God is faithful to bring along a trial to teach you patience. In the midst of the trial you may wonder why you were foolish enough to pray for more patience. I don’t know if that is necessarily how
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Have you ever felt unqualified to do what God was asking you to do? I sure have, many times. My first year of teaching is a perfect example of one such occasion. I walked into a classroom full of children, and I was supposed to figure out where each child was academically and each of
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Season changes can be very exciting, especially if we know they are happening. When we can look at the calendar, for example, and see that we are leaving winter months soon and heading into the spring, it can be invigorating. Some people may even be so energized they engage in what is known as spring
Have you ever thought about John 3:16? I mean really thought about it? If you are like me and grew up in church or have been around church for a long time, this may be one of the first verses you were told or memorized. “For God so loved the world that He gave his
Have you ever studied the people in the Bible and wondered at their faith and how they believed so solidly in God? We have all these amazing examples of people who believed in God, and many of those people did great things. There was Daniel in the lion’s den and David defeating Goliath and Joseph
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Do you find waiting to be easy? We can wait in traffic, in a line, at a doctor’s office, for a movie to start. Some people wait impatiently. They are usually the ones pacing, and or driving everyone else crazy desperately trying to make the waiting end. There are also those people who sit more
I think with every promise there is a process attached. Joseph was a prime example of this very thing. In Genesis 37 it says that Joseph as a young man had a powerful dream from God about his brothers and family bowing down to him. In other words he dreamed of greatness. When he shared
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Have you ever wondered about the rainbow? The rainbow is spoken about in the Bible a couple of times. In Genesis 9, the rainbow is first spoken of as a symbol of a covenant between God and Noah that He would never destroy the Earth again through flooding. I think this is interesting because before
One of my favorite scripture verses for a long time has been Psalm 37:4. The NKJV says, “Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.” I would say the reason the scripture originally caught my attention was the, “And He shall give you the desires of your
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