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Colors of the Rainbow by Michelle Demeree Friendship is like a rainbow of love. There are many colors in a rainbow.   With love, it doen’t matter Your shape or your size.   Like a rainbow where colors blend, The color you are does not matter.   If you put each other first, Our friendships…

I’ve spent much of the last two afternoons and evening outside working on my garden.  This is my private sanctuary but I’ve spent precious little time out doors these past two years.  My husbands failing health and other concerns have made my time outdoors minimal. I prefer the English, free-form style of garden. Yet, I’ve learned this design still takes…

One of my favorite childhood memories is having a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch on the back steps of our house.  Often my brother or sister would be sitting beside me.  Occasionally, one of my parents would join the conclave.  Some days when our numbers grew to four or five,  someone would have to leave the steps and prance…

Even though public speaking is the number one fear of people living in the US, there will be a time that you will be called on to stand before a group and share.  Here are 11 practical and proven ways to overcome your fear and nervousness. These techniques will also make your presentations more powerful.   Remembering even…

It is true that God works in mysterious ways.  However, some of the holiest things should be kept to ourselves.  There is such a thing as sharing too much information.  Here is a news stories that perhaps should have stayed private. An Anderson, South Carolina, couple sees an image that they believe is Jesus on…

When Victor Martin and five companions encountered an enormous grizzly bear in the woods of Alaska, they were prepared.  However, the speed of the mother grizzly who was protecting her cub was more than three of the young men could handle. As part of National Outdoor Leadership School, the young men were training to be…

After Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne hit Vero Beach, Florida, in 2004, the street signs in Indian River County were all twisted.  Many of the street markers were gone.  Almost all of the ones left standing were turned the wrong way. These street signs said the right words; but you could not see them because they were down…

Hudson Taylor, a pioneer missionary to China, once said, “Do not work so hard for Christ that you have no strength to pray, for prayer requires strength.”  I was reminded several times this week of the vital work of prayer.  At an all-night prayer meeting, the church prayed for Peter.  God miraculously released him from prison…

Colton Burpo shares his journey to heaven.  He says, “Heaven is for real and you are going to like it.”

Today, I went  to the local Wal-Mart.  My shirt was dirty and my pants were not a comfortable fit.  But, I reasoned to myself, I never see anyone that I know there. My assumption was wrong.  As I was struggling to get my cart out the front door, I backed into a young man.  He is person with…
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