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  • Sowing New Seeds

    Sowing New Seeds

    If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose Read more

  • Surrendering Pride

    Surrendering Pride

    This period of my life as I am living in Birmingham is really the first time in my life where I’m fully on my own and trying to meet all my needs and be self-sufficient. I’m learning many new things like being a homeowner, working my first full-time job, budgeting my finances, and managing my Read more

  • Expectation Versus Reality

    Expectation Versus Reality

    It’s really interesting to see over time how we measure our performance or image with various aspects of life. Growing up, I’ve always tried to find the “right” thing to do. I don’t mean what is evil vs what is good. I’m talking about what is the right thing to where I will end up Read more

  • Plowing the Field

    Plowing the Field

    I recently started watching The Little House on the Prairie. I remember as a kid how much my mother loved that show. I know I have seen bits and pieces of it before, but I wanted to begin watching it all in order from the beginning. Not only is it a sweet show (and can Read more

  • Where You Are

    Where You Are

    The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the dictation of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch: You said, ‘Woe Read more

  • An Abundance of Grace

    An Abundance of Grace

    Refresh: to give new energy and strength to someone. Cambridge Dictionary I love the word, refresh. I usually think of a glass of iced lemonade on a hot summer day when I hear the word, refresh. The cold in the midst of the heat. While there can be the sweet refreshment in the hot heat, Read more