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Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
The hallways at my job are always filled with people in motion. The crowd might be parents dropping off or picking up their children. Sometimes classrooms are on their way to the bathroom or waiting for their friends to come out of the bathroom. Or, it might be therapists with their clients transitioning to, or from, therapy. No matter the time of the day, there are always people in the halls. That means that there are always people to watch. There are always people to distract my friends as they transition to my office. I find that I spend much of the time on the way to, and from, my…
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High Standards
Standards. Everyone has them, but they’re not all the same for each person. Even people who were raised in the same home can have different standards. I have standards for the bread that I use to make sandwiches. I’m not overly fond of the butts of the loaf of bread. When talking to Bible Study Mama and Brother the other day, I discovered that they LOVE the butts of a loaf of bread. We lived together for years, and I never noticed this. I have standards for my coffee. I’m not really a die-hard coffee drinker, so I take my coffee with lots of cream and sugar. The lighter the…
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Leaving to Live
OOOOOOOOooooooo weeeee! Church was on fire yesterday. The sermon challenged me to live my life to the fullest. My pastor came from Ezekiel 16:1-6. Ezekiel is a prophet. He’s the weird guy that doesn’t quite fit in. He always has a Word for people, but he uses analogies that can be a bit elaborate. God has put him in position to warn Jerusalem about their missteps. Ezekiel doesn’t just declare that Jerusalem is in danger. He paints a vivid picture of their current state of peril. Jerusalem believes that they’re in a prime position. After all, they’re God’s chosen people. They are the seed of Abraham. Highly favored and regarded. …
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Take Your Pencils Out
Alright, ladies and gentlemen it’s test time. Take out your pencils. Write your name in the upper right-hand corner of your paper and write today’s date underneath your name. Has everyone completed that task? Let’s begin. Anyone remember those days? We followed our teacher’s instructions and filled out all the easy information. We know our names and the date (most of the time…LOL). But the test…Some of us dreaded the test. We had studied feverishly and just wanted to make sure that we got the right answers. Others forgot all about the test and broke out in a nervous sweat. Some were confident because the material was easy for them. …