Rain: An Equal Playing Field

625) When I was younger, it was easy to conclude that God favored some over others. I did not understand that God wants everyone to come to Him and He loves all equally. After all, He sends the rain on the just and the unjust. We are all eligible for God’s forgiveness and, in this
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The Least Likely

624) When I taught high school, it was easy to notice how many teens evaluated each other. The ones that were the best looking, most athletic, and/or had the best personalities were in the center of these teens’ social worlds. It’s interesting to see that since then, many of the ones who were average-looking, uncoordinated
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The Power of Light

623) Light is powerful. We need the sunlight to be healthy and to grow food. If we were to lose electricity on a dark and rainy day, we can feel its absence. The antidote to darkness is light and not the other way around. Jesus said He is the light of the world. He does
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Character Test – Assign a Little Job

622) Little things are important. If you leave one ingredient out of a dish you prepare, it can change the whole taste. Jesus tells us in Luke 16:10 that little things do matter. A good way to evaluate the character of another is to watch how they do the small, mundane, everyday things. If they
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Rest is Underrated

621) One year, I had to accompany a group of 8th graders on a trip to Boston. We left the school at 4:30 am and returned at 3:30 am the next day. I guess I was the lucky teacher because I got assigned the 4 rowdiest boys to chaperone.  This was the first – and
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Foundations Matter

620) If a home is built on a faulty foundation, who would be interested in buying it? Yet, sometimes it’s hard to evaluate because it’s often hidden underneath the rest of the house. In Matthew 7:24-27, Jesus said that the wise build on a rock foundation and the unwise on the one made of sand.
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I Am a Murderer

619)I wonder if anyone has considered the fact that, according to Jesus’ words in Matthew 5:21-22, we’re all murderers. If we’ve ever thought or felt like killing someone, it is murder. We can murder someone when we’re angry at them, after all, what is the emotion behind murder? We can destroy peoples’ spirit with the
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They Sure Are Blessed!

618) It’s easy to think that those who have been given much on this earth are blessed. I think this can be true but sometimes we mistake wealth, power, knowledge and talent as God’s sign the He is rewarding such people. Again, this can be true but, Matthew 5:3-10 tells us specific things we can
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Now or Later

617) We now live in a culture that embraces the “right now” mentality. If you don’t immediately text, call or receive something you ordered, many get irritated or even angry. Much of what God instructs us to do have a greater outcome in the long run than in the short. Jesus said to give now
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Loving Is an Act of Worship

616) I remember the months before I was married. That feeling of joy was all-encompassing. I smile when I think about it because the love I have now for my husband is so much deeper. Love is thrown around a lot. It’s easy to make an event over a marriage proposal but not so easy
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