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The Way of Love

I am going to let scripture do the talking today. In this day and age it is necessary to be reminded of what love means often. Take the time to read this scripture below. Then, if you have a few more minutes, click the link and listen to a song based on this passage. God bless and see you soon. - Matt The Way of Love (1 Corinthians 13:1–13 (ESV)) If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic...

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The Life We Live In Between the Life We Plan

Somewhere along the way I learned to define “life” as the things that happen between the events we plan. You know the times… you have your day planned, and then something goes, well, differently. You get interrupted. You receive unexpected news. Your priorities shift without warning, which means you may not get around to doing whatever you had considered so important when the day started. That definition of life has helped me many times keep a healthy perspective when the...

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Being an Influencer

Our house is hot. I am upstairs with a fan on in my room, a fan on in Sawyer’s room and a big fan on in the middle room trying to cool the house down. Yet today is a good day. The AC repair man has shown up.   He is young with brown curly hair. His name is Chad. I watch him as he adjusts his hair in his side mirror, gathers his toolbelt, his tools, and of course his face mask (which he wears in our hot attic... hero!). And as he puts on his facemask, I put...

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