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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS!
Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday, Dear Jesus Happy Birthday to you! Dear Jesus, I wish I had been there the night you were born so many years ago…
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Tell Me a Story Please! (Part 2)
Tell me the stories of Jesus I love to hear, Things I would ask Him to tell me if He were here. Scenes by the wayside, tales of the sea, Stories of Jesus, tell them to me. ~ Tell Me the Stories of Jesus by Frederick A. Challinor
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Tell Me a Story Please! (Part 1)
I love everything about the fall…the crisp cool weather, pumpkins on the porch, leaves falling off the trees, acorns crunching in the driveway. Soon it will be time for the first fire in the fireplace. This time of year takes me back to my childhood when Mom would tell us stories, usually in the form of poems. She memorized hundreds of them as a young girl. I can still hear her voice …
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Back to School
For many kids, this was the first week back to school after the carefree, sunny days of summer. Children in elementary school, middle school, and high school put on their new school clothes, carry their backpacks with their colorful notebooks and sharpened pencils and head off to school. Moms and Dads have loaded up college students and their belongings and dropped them off at their college dorm, perhaps with a few tears. And a new chapter has begun for each one of these ‘children’ both young and old.
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Disobedience Brings Distance and Despair
I love working at the check-in desk in the children’s area every Sunday morning. My favorite thing is to ask the kids questions and hear their unedited answers. They make me laugh. They remind me of when I was a toddler and lived in New Jersey.
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Why I Love VBS…
It’s summertime where the long, hot summer days stretch out before us. It’s also the season for Vacation Bible School. All over the country and the world preparations are being made. Faithful workers are cutting out construction paper shapes and putting together craft kits; church members are gathering supplies, bags of candy, goldfish or baked goods for snack time; teachers are studying and preparing their Bible lessons and VBS coordinators are busy, busy, busy putting final details into place.
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Maybe You Need to Go Fishing…
It had been a while since I had been to the doctor. I’m the first to admit I don’t like being poked and prodded and placed under the medical microscope. Just being in a doctor’s office drives my blood pressure sky high. But there I was. A sharp pain in my side had brought me there.
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Windowsills
I have a friend outside my window at work today. A beautiful morning dove. She’s sitting very still and quiet on the windowsill. Perhaps she has a bad wing and is unable to fly. Since my desk is right beside the window, I am working quietly, trying not to make any sudden moves that might scare her away. I want her to stay there for as long as she needs to. I like having her close by.
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Volunteer “Thank You!”s
Entering the room immediately put me in a fiesta mood. The room buzzed with laughter and excitement as we stood in the buffet line waiting to fill our plates with Mexican fare. A mariachi band wandered around the room serenading us as we ate. I had looked forward to this night since I received the invitation….