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Recently one of my co-workers joined the Search and Rescue team for the greater area here in the Northwest. As part of his training he had a course test that required him to plot a corse through the wilderness on a straight line and arive at a certain location. The overall distance he had to…
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Wow, I had a great new years eve. I had the opportunity to hang out with a group of people, who I would consider new friends and and play Killer Bunnies and quest for the the magic carrot! I would not have picked this game as a general game selection, but I definitely had fun,…
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Well the holidays are almost over as we approach new years eve. I trust many of you have taken the time to look at your year this past year and consider all the events and things it has given you. If you are like me, you will have buckets of extremely wonderful things and buckets…
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I messed up today. I failed to walk in all Your ways. I stumble and fall, I miss Your call. But You still love me. The things I do, I shouldnt. The things I can, I couldnt. I struggle, fail and often loose Your grace I sometimes abuse But You still love me. I desire…
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Wretched and shameful I could barely see Then Your grace was poured out to me You called and searched for my soul Desiring only to make me whole I ran and fled from Your face Feeling guilt, remorse and disgrace I was naked and bare and full of doubt In love and compassion You sought…
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Over the last couple of days I had to the opportunity to take a quick to Fargo, ND. One of the benifits to traveling is that I find to sit and reflect (not alot else you can do on the plane!). As I was reading and reflecting, particular over the last year, I had a…
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Braveheart is one of my favorite movies. While it tells a wonderful love story, it also has many challenges for me as I look at the life of William Wallace. Near the end of the movie as his life comes to an end, he cries “Freedom”. That moment always touches the warrior heart in me.…
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Yesterday my kids and I attended our last regular service at the church we have attended for the last five years. It was a very heartfelt time as we said goodbye to the people we have come to love and know and consider family. Over the years we have had wonderful opportunities to hang out,…
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Life is full of struggles. Most of the major ones are not the ones visible to everyone but those that we wrestle with internally. I heard a definition once of the word integrity: Our response in thought or action to our own thoughts or the actions of others. Let that sink in for a moment.…
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There is a voice that calls out loud, “Where is your God now?” There is a voice that mocks, ridicules and scorns, ripping your heart and making it torn There is a voice that causes confusion and doubt and makes you wonder what it is all about There is a voice that is the enemy…
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I CRIED OUT TO GOD I cried out to God, but He did not answer me. I cried out to God, but His face I could not see. I cried out to God, asking why and how this could be. I cried out to God, wanting to be set free. I cried out to God,…
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You gotta love country music. I do. As I was dropping the kids off to school today, there was a song playing I have heard several times before, but it just struck me today. God is great, beer is good and people are crazy. I thought to myself truer words have never been spoken. I…
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I ran across this quote the other day “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” It caused me to stop and think. We truly can never start over. I think we like the concept of starting over, but it is just not practical.…
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From time to time I stumble upon quotes that are worth repeating. Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits: they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny. Our attitude shapes our actions and our very nature. The Bible often…
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Proverbs 29:11 says “A fool gives full vent to his anger, bu a wise man keeps himself under control.” Have you ever found yourself so angry that you just unleashed, vented, attacked, let loose on someone? I know this is something I have struggled with alot as of late. No, I am not talking about…
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And who said that it was men who had the mid-life crisis? I mean take a look around. Don’t wait to adjust it all at once. Take stock in your life daily and make minor course corrections, otherwise you will hit the rocks or veer way off course and find yourself wondering how you got…
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Today is my birthday, a ripe old age of 41. I found myself quite surprised by the number of well wishes I recieved today. I must admit the benefit of facebook in hearing from friends. The encouragement I recieved today was a tremendous uplift for my spirit which has been down of late. I entered…
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“Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for;” – Proverbs 16:6 Thats a challenge to our lives.
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I wonder what our Sunday morning offering at church would look like if we seriously practiced “Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come…
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Luke 17:3-4 So watch yourselves. “If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. 4If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, ‘I repent,’ forgive him.” Matthew 18:15-17 “If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just…