“Then Jacob was left alone; and a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day.”–Genesis 32:24, nkjv Whether we know it or not, or even want to admit it, at some point we…
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It’s hard to believe two Sundays ago was Easter, the day we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection. To those who aren’t Christians and even to us who are, when the Easter egg hunts and Easter dinners…
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I woke up in the wee hours one recent night and found my heart was heavy with a burden I had been praying about for years. With eyes barely open I began to once…
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Several years ago Whirlpool put out a sweet commercial of an overworked mom who keeps responding to her family’s situations or messes with the question of “What/How?” Sometimes, it was a “what” as in,…
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I became a Christian at the ripe old age of 15. The transformation from the person I was, to who I became, was immediate. As if I was standing in darkness one minute, in…
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Before I came to Middle Tennessee in 2004, I barely knew country music. My repertoire began and ended with, You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Lucille. But after being here for just…
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Have you ever awakened to find your heart heavy, but you don’t know why? That was me the other morning. Sitting up, legs dangling over the side of the bed, with eyelids barely letting…
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Over the past two years, our world has been under a terrible siege. Gripped by what seems to be the constantly changing face of Covid mixed with the incomprehensible lawlessness that is running amuck…
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Two days ago, while doing one of my least favorite things—getting my teeth cleaned—I was able to watch one of the HGTV home renovation shows. Since we no longer have cable most of those…
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My daughter purchased for her children clocks to help them keep track of what matters most in their young lives. Seeing that they are three and five years old respectively, those time-keeping machines are…