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Tag Archives: Gifts
How Do You Set Up a Household?
I have been asking myself this question lately, because my home feels comfortably set up. Next month I will be married three years to Cindy. Let me see if I can recall the steps involved in our setting up this … Continue reading
Posted in Accomplishment, Adaptability, Adversity, Appearance, Christ, Contentment, Eternal Life, Grief, Heaven, Home, Household, Marriage, Peace, relationships, Seasons, Spiritual, Spirituality, Thankfulness, Uncategorized
Tagged Christ, Eternity, Gifts, Heaven, Home, Household, Life, Loss, Relationships, Suffering, Surrender, Trust
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Not Made by Human Hands
With so much gorgeous color all around in Spring it is natural to stop and notice it. In fact men and women have so admired flowers and other parts of nature they have made duplicates of them. I remember seeing … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Appreciation, Art, Balance, Belief, Creation, Depression, Enjoyment, Fear, Feelings, Gifts, God, Grace, Letting Go, Life, Nature, Old Age, Perseverance, Photography, Reality, Seasons, Spring, Time, Trust, Worry, Youth
Tagged Aging, Appreciation, artistic expressions, Creation, Fear, Gifts, God, Renewal, Surrender, Trust, Worship
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A Second Look at Life-Every Sunrise Brings a New Day
An experience with despair need not end there. Every sunrise brings a new day. A Second Look While I traveled through The back pages of my mind In search of something meaningful To calm my awareness of failure, I realized … Continue reading
Posted in Acceptance, Adaptability, Adventures, Adversity, Appreciation, Contentment, Creation, Darkness, Depression, Despair, Enjoyment, Feelings, Grief, Healing, Letting Go, Life, Miracles, Morale, Perseverance, Perspective, Providence, Restoration, Spirituality, Stress, Suffering, Worry
Tagged Appreciation, Creation, Depression, Despair, Fear, Gifts, Perseverance, Quiet Time, Relaxation, Renewal, Stress, Worry
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Questioning Life’s Reproductive Mystery
A blessing breeze blows over the earth each time a seed is created. A seed is the product of fertilization and growth within the mother plant. It is the miracle of potential encased within a tiny coat, packed with enough … Continue reading
Posted in Appreciation, Creation, Gifts, Life, Meditation, Nature, Pleasure, Praise, Spring
Tagged Appreciation, Creation, Gifts, Life, Nature, Quiet Time, Renewal, Seeds
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A Powerful Force for Getting Things Out of My Way
Providence at Work? Two days ago in my part of Michigan, I awoke to a substantial amount of snow which needed to be removed before my wife could get out of our driveway. I was fortunate in that when she moved … Continue reading
Posted in Acceptance, Accomplishment, Adaptability, Appreciation, Belief, Contentment, Faith, God, Guidance, Heaven, Letting Go, Morale, Perseverance, Providence, Religion, Service, Snow, Thankfulness, Trust, Values, Winter
Tagged attitude towards work, Belief, Gifts, God, Perseverance, Physical problems, Snow, Trust
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Sometimes You Have to Spend The Higher Amount
Observations About Life: Many years ago a wise man gave me some good advice. He said “There are two things in life for which you should go first class: 1) your first date with someone and 2) the oil in … Continue reading
Posted in Accomplishment, Balance, Choices, Economy, Elvis, Enjoyment, Entertainment, Extravagance, Famous People, Life, Love of Money, Music, Pleasure, Priorities, Purchases, Values, Wisdom
Tagged Appreciation, artistic expressions, Comparison, Economy, Elvis, Enjoyment, Gifts, Music, Principles, Priorities, Relaxation
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Being Bed Bound and Alone (I Need Someone To Care)
Experience as a Flashlight: During the winter of 1985, I contracted Hepatitis A virus which spreads when an infected person does not wash his or her hands after using the bathroom and then comes in contact with someone else. I had … Continue reading
Posted in Bed-ridden, Claustrophobia, Faithfulness, Feelings, Friends, Grace, Happiness, Healing, Health, Hospital, Identity, Life, love, Medical, mercy, Morale, Perspective, Priorities, relationships, Service, Sickness
Tagged Acts of Mercy, Aging, Care, Gifts, Healing, Identity, Life, Loss, Perseverance, Prayer, Principles, Relationships, Self Worth, Stress, Suffering, Surrender, Trust
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I Am An Optimist and a Pessimist
Lessons I Have Learned: I suspect the notion that life has it’s ups and downs came as a surprise to me. I am the kind of person that likes things to be positive and happy. I guess that makes me … Continue reading
Posted in Acceptance, Adaptability, Appreciation, Contentment, Courage, Faith, Fear, Focus, Grief, Holidays, Letting Go, Life, Nature, Perseverance, Perspective, Stress, Suffering, Trust, Worry
Tagged Appreciation, current-events, Enjoyment, Gifts, Grief, Identity, Life, Loss, Perseverance, Quiet Time, Renewal, Stress, Suffering, Trust, Worry
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To Grandmother’s House We Go
Living in the Past: Back when I was growing up, it was always a treat to go to grandmother’s house. One of my earliest memories of her is being in a park somewhere together feeding bread crumbs to ducks. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Contentment, Courage, Enjoyment, Famous People, Feelings, Focus, Gifts, Grand children, Grandmothers, Grandparents, Happiness, Letting Go, Life, love, Memory, Old Age, Perspective, relationships, Thankfulness, Uncategorized
Tagged Aging, Children, Gifts, Identity, Life, Memories, Retirement
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