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Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Great Expectations!

Living in such a hurried and busy area as Washington, this place can swallow you whole with its success-driven culture and great expectations. For this reason, I love my quiet time with the Lord each morning. It helps me focus my day and my life on far more important and eternal values than money or... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 15, 2006

Is Happiness A Choice?

Psalm 1 Alistair Begg Happiness is serious business. Happiness is a choice. Thinking properly is correlated to living happily. Happy people behave differently. Happy people do not walk in the counsel of the wicked. Behave differently from a watching world. It is tough to live happily for the Lord in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 14, 2006

Blueberries Anyone?

My friend P is visiting from Colorado for a month. She just came over with her two-year old daughter R. P babysat A and I, and doesn’t look old enough to have daughters herself! I guess old habits are hard to break, because P will be babysitting the little ones of our friends and family during A’s... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 13, 2006

Time Flys!

How time flys! I still can’t believe A’s wedding is only a little over a week and a half away! My mom doesn’t look old enough to have a daughter getting married. I went with her to Mae’s this morning to have her mother of the bride dress fitted. It is a periwinkle purple dress and she looked... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Joy In Pain

Everyone experiences times of suffering. Why does the Lord allow us to experience suffering? The Lord uses times of suffering to do three very important things: The Lord uses suffering to humble us. He wants to strengthen our faith and build our trust in Him, not in our own efforts. The Lord uses... Sign in to see full entry.

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