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Do you understand duty?

In today’s culture, duty seems to be a heavy burdened affair. Almost like a set of chains that limits an individual. I have found it to be so surprisingly liberating. I believe in doing my duty. From Wikipedia: Duty has to be accepted and understood on the basis of one’s foundation of sense and knowledge. Therefore, duty and its manifestations vary with values from culture to culture. On one hand, duty may be seen as…

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Redeemed pain?

“Redeemed pain is more impressive than removed pain.” Philip Yancy Redeemed pain. While this resonates with what I know to be good and true it’s still such a hard pill to swallow. I can look back in the rearview mirror of my life and believe that God redeemed the pain in the loss of a child, in living through cancers, in the loss of relationships and death of loved ones. But it is in each new…

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Once upon a time

We all love stories and as soon as we hear, “Once upon a time…” we’re hooked. So with the start of a new school year, let’s revisit a familiar tale. Once upon a time in a land far away, a father was devastated to learn that soon after the birth of his one and only precious child a curse was placed upon her life. Now, this curse predicted his only child and daughter would perish…

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Collecting Christmas

I believe in working with your strengths. Knowing my strengths has meant I can let go of what other people do well and focus on using my own strength in the service to others. My top strength is input. The reason I mention it is because Christmas is deeply influenced by my need to collect and archive. I am so curious and want to learn as much as I can in general and specifically with the Christmas…

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