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We have a couple choices when we see weakness or failings in others. We can choose to take advantage of the situation by criticizing them and heaping more trouble upon them, so that we can please ourselves in some way. Or we can choose to ignore selfish desires and seek to help the person inContinue reading “Build Them Up”

Have you ever received something from another person that sparked a thought within you of something you should do for someone else? Isn’t that what giving is about? We receive something freely so that we can give freely to someone else. Perhaps you received some help moving, so you find yourself volunteering to help someoneContinue reading “Because He Loves Us”

Have you ever noticed how things can give us joy and satisfy our hearts for but a short period of time? We enjoy the new car feel and smell for a while, until our hearts yearn for something newer and fancier. Our new home satisfies us for a period, until its features get old andContinue reading “River of Thanksgiving”

Occassionaly we experience something so unexpected that we call this event astonishing. It could be the majestic mountains of Yosemite or the beautiful rivers winding through a forest. It may be the birth of a child or an unexpected kindness given to us. Beyond the actual event, the astonishing thing is what created the circumstancesContinue reading “Astonishing!”

Our hometown is having a Fire and Ice Festival today. As a major part of the festival, ice carver artists are making ice statues on downtown streets. We went and watched part of these festivities. The artists use all sorts of tools to chip or cut away sections of ice to create their statues. TheyContinue reading “Under Construction”