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Susan May 6, 2021

The Illusion and Reality of Safety

635) Teaching middle school kids is both amazing and exasperating. I am always trying to make connections with them. Several years ago, I noticed that many of my students had a certain name brand whose insignia looked like the letter “U” with a letter “A” below it. I looked in the stores and was shocked
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Susan May 5, 2021

Imagination: Friend or Foe?

634) I have been gifted with a great imagination. Ideas for stories, lesson planning and entertainment often come easily to me. There are drawbacks for this gift, too. When I am afraid of something, my imagination makes it worse. It isn’t hard for me to “see” right away the bad in situations. Fortunately, God works
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Susan May 4, 2021

Grace is Better

633) In a lot of ways, rules work for me. I know or am taught what the rules are and I do my best to keep them and this allows me to measure how well I am living for God. The best Biblical example of these rules are the 10 Commandments. The problem with this
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Susan May 3, 2021

Aging, Another Perspective

632) With each passing day, we grow older. Our bodies take one more step toward the grave and though we can work hard at staying fit, we cannot stop the aging process. In a sense, the opposite is true of us spiritually. With the passing of each day, we grow more like Christ – at
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Susan May 2, 2021

Give of Yourself Fully

631) When we read in the Bible or other books or hear sermons on the subject, it’s easy to assume what “giving of yourself fully” can mean. It must mean to always use the gifts God gave us and work to exhaustion. Even the Greek word for fully, περισσεύω, communicates going “above and beyond”. Yet,
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Susan May 1, 2021

What Growing Up Means

630) In our society, today, it’s not unusual for kids to continue living with their parent(s) into their 20’s or even 30’s. There are many reasons for this but I wonder if some may stay because being a “child” can be easier than being an adult. 1 Corinthians 13:11 addresses this issue in the spiritual
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Susan April 30, 2021

Love is a Verb

629) Some evenings, when my husband and I are sitting together reading our separate books, I marvel at how our relationship has changed through 30-plus years of marriage. In the beginning, love was all-encompassing. It was a time of extreme highs (and sometimes, extreme lows). The love we share now manifests itself in gentler ways.
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Susan April 29, 2021

Teaching Tools

628) As a classroom teacher, I have found through the years that my students often learned the lesson I had for them on each day better when I wrapped it in a story. These stories are often 2–3-minute descriptions of something I have experienced in life, and since I value a sense of humor, many
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Susan April 28, 2021

No Barriers

627) The school where I teach sits on a curve on a state road. Lobster fishermen rushing to their boats, trap makers wanting to get to their jobs so they can eventually go home and impatient parents trying to get their kids to school occupy this road. As I drive home from school at the
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Susan April 27, 2021

Joy is not Situation Specific

626) Happiness and joy are easily mixed up. Happiness comes from the outside, how your day plays out, how others interact with you and what you have seen or heard. Joy is reaped from within; when we are at peace with God, our families, those in our work or social circles. It is possible to
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