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Monthly Archive for May, 2008

Unselfish Giving

Many years ago when I worked as a volunteer at a hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who was suffering from a rare and serious disease. Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion from her 5-year old brother, who had miraculously survived the same disease and had [...]

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Everybody Matters

During my second month of nursing school, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions, until I read the last one: “What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?”
Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the cleaning woman [...]

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Be Still!

Be still and know that I am God. – Psalm 46:10
Several years ago at church camp, we took a girl on a canoe trip who was deathly afraid of the water. We assured her that she was safe. She would wear a life jacket, and would travel in a canoe with experienced staff. She reluctantly [...]

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The Lord says: My thoughts and my ways are not like yours. Just as the heavens are higher than the earth, my thoughts and my ways are higher than yours. - Isaiah 55:8-9
For years, it was a real ego-boost to help my daughters with their homework. (An ego boost for me, that is!) They would [...]

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They all met together continually for prayer, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, several other women, and the brothers of Jesus. – Acts 1:14
I read that Scripture verse just a few days ago and thought to myself, “Now wait a minute! Aren’t those brothers of Jesus the very same guys who didn’t believe in [...]

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