In my last post, I took a look at the younger in son in the prodigal son story, or Bill as we now know him. I made an observation that if he hadn’t been in such a hurry to run off and live his life, things might have turned out differently.
I find myself struggling with [...]
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This post was inspiried both by this message Pastor Ron preached at church a couple weeks ago and by this post by Ross Middleton.
I realize that there are folks out there, particularly my generation and younger, that simply want everything handed to them without working for it. That, however, has never been my problem. My parents instilled a good work ethic [...]
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My friend Jon told me this morning that we should celebrate just because it’s Tuesday. So what am I celebrating this Tuesday? Well…
It’s payday! And not just any payday: it’s the payday where the raise I got 2 months ago FINALLY went into effect, including retro pay back to February 11.
Because of the extra money from the retro pay, I [...]
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Here’s a quick one for Dad, Alison, Sam! Some random thoughts…
I have to say, I’m a big fan of this cold snap we’ve got going on. I can finally wear sweaters. Of course, as soon as I get to work I have to take them off because it’s approximately 10,000 degrees in here. Give or take 9,918 degrees. [...]
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Love God, and love people. That was Jesus’ reply when asked what the greatest commandment was:
Matthew 22:34-40
Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. One of them, and expert in the law, tested him with this question: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: ” ‘Love the Lord [...]
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So our office just got hit by lightning… and everyone’s computers around me are dead. Apparently we only have power cause the generator kicked in after the power went off for a second.
Bizarre…
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I wrote a post a couple weeks ago about being tired of feeling like I’m always falling short of what are, in reality, unrealistic, impossibly high standards. My conclusion there was that I need a deeper revelation of God’s love, and God has really started answering that cry of my heart. But since then, I’ve been also [...]
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