The gun had fired, and I was running for my life. At least it felt that way. In reality, it was a pop gun, and I was running with about thirty other girls, all jockeying for positions as we settled in for our three-mile race. I fell into my normal place near the back. I…
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How to Call “Good” Good
Did you know that there are people, perhaps many people, who call good evil and evil good (Is. 5:20)? How does that happen? I would venture to say that some folks adopt such thinking purposefully, while others come by it honestly. But whether these people know it or not, they have let the world relegate…
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God’s Love: Unchanging, Unending, Unconditional!
“If you don’t play my game, I won’t be your friend anymore!” With a stormy temper, the seven-year-old next door marched up to my daughter and demanded that they play the game she wanted. My stunned daughter didn’t know what to do. She thought friendship should be more enduring. She soon discovered that friends often…
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Grace + Faith = The Balanced Equation of Life
With safety goggles and long white lab coat on, I began the weekly lab experiment in my high school chemistry class many years ago. I knew that if my measurements were off, I probably wouldn’t cause an explosion, but I would, at the very least, make a mess. I had to be aware of and…
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The Choice to Be Shy
Growing up, I was painfully shy. I could hardly look a person in the eyes, and the thought of getting up and speaking in front of people would bring me to the point of tears. My mom and I joke to this day about how she always had to ask the sales clerk if I…
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Boldness and Confidence—They’re Yours!
The wicked flee when no one pursues, But the righteous are bold as a lion. Proverbs 28:1, New King James Version(Emphasis added) From my umbrella-shaded lounge chair, I found myself watching a spirited, curly-haired toddler as she broke away from her father’s attempts to clothe her. She dashed naked through the sand toward the shallow ocean waves,…
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Power of Partnership
You’ve heard it before: there is strength in numbers. But implicit in that statement is that these numbers work together for mutual advantage. At minimum, there has to be agreement among them; otherwise, they cannot walk together (Amos 3:3). Ideally, an amiable relationship would make their strength even greater. The stronger the relationship, the greater the things…
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Aggressive Rest
It’s normal, especially in today’s culture, to strive for everything. But how much striving would you do if you knew God was on your side? I used to get in there and strive for what I wanted. But now I know my battle is the Lord’s battle, so I can sit back and rest. It…
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It’s Powerful. It’s Red. It’s THE BLOOD!
Have you ever considered blood to be beautiful? Does the sight of it evoke any feeling of comfort or assurance? Probably not. Most people associate blood with feelings of fear or something going wrong. Man became sin conscious—they received the conscience—after eating from the forbidden Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. As a…
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The Conscience: God’s Plan B for Mankind
In his new book, Who Told You That You Were Naked?, Andrew uncovers a truth that is often misunderstood: God didn’t originally create us with a conscience. He didn’t create us with an ability to judge ourselves and to constantly evaluate whether we’re right or wrong. He created us in innocence. This helped me realized that…
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