Magnets

2165) A couple of summers ago, I was in a town where many tourist visit in Maine. I was making my way down an ocean walkway when I saw a man and woman on a bridge holding onto a rope which snaked down into the water.   I asked them what they were doing and
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Mercy Over All

2166) As an artist, I have an automatic desire to protect things I have created. This might be a major project with my young scholars. It might be something I have written or painted.   Anytime we carefully create, it’s normal to want to protect it.   I think we see this need to protect
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Thoughtful Attention

2164) When my young scholars arrive in my classroom, many of them have no clue of how to do work electronically on their laptops. It’s an arduous job teaching them these things.   I bet if I had two additional adults in the room with me, the three of us would still be overloaded with
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Angry People

2162) We live in a world of angry people. I don’t remember growing up in a society as filled with anger as it is now.   I assumed for years that being angry was sinful. I’ve made an adjustment in my thinking as I have matured spiritually.   Paul tells us in Ephesians 4:26 to
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Passive Observers

2161) There are times when life pulls the rug out from under you. It can knock you senseless and make you wonder if getting back up is worth it. This is when inertia can be a problem.   Inertia kicks in when you’ve stopped (even for a moment or for the right reasons) doing things
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Buttons

2160) We are living in times when aggressive and unkind behavior happens more frequently than it did 50 years ago.   It seems as though the number of people who are willing to “push the buttons” of others grows.   When I think why people do this, I wonder if it’s because there is some
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Present Tense

2159) Trying to convince tweens that the tense of verbs is important is difficult. They don’t find a reason to listen carefully to the time period a tense of a verb gives.   But tense is important when your goal is to understand the timeframe of the speaker.   In Psalm 62:12, David says God
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Be Aware

2158) Driving in the winter in New England has its share of hazardous driving. In spite of this, you learn what to watch for and under what circumstances.   For example, there’s black ice, the ice you cannot see because it is just a coating on the roads. There are also places on roads where
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All

2157) Love is an amazing thing which holds many things underneath its umbrella.   If you ask a 16-year-old what love is, the answer most likely will be different from the answer of someone in their 70s.   Love, at times, is easy to give and at others, the most difficult thing you will ever
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What I Can Do

2156) There are times when I see or know someone who is in a difficult place. I find myself wishing I could make it better, but I can’t.   There is something I can do, and it is found in 1 Thessalonians 5:1. Here, this verse simply says we can encourage and build one another
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