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We all know that money doesn’t buy happiness. If money bought happiness, there wouldn’t be so many wealthy people in the world who are unhappy, in therapy and making poor choices.  Significantly, it isn’t their money that makes them unhappy.  Rather, they already are sad people who happen to have money.  And their large bank…

The interesting thing about life is that we all start out with a body and a brain. From there, we have some variety in our experiences.  We may be placed with parents who love us or who abuse us.  They may care for us or ignore us.  Then, once we are emancipated from our parents,…

“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say: I used everything you gave me.” – Erma Bombeck I love that quote. Isn’t that what we are called to do with our lives?  With every bit…

We all seek to have three things in life. First, we want financial security.  We want to be able to pay our bills with ease, provide a nice life for our families and have a little money left over to enjoy some of the finer things in life.  We also want emotional security.  We want…

Has anyone ever told you, or implied, that you didn’t “deserve” something good? If someone has, you probably can remember it.  I certainly can.  We all can remember those moments because the idea of whether we deserve things (or not) gets to the heart of our insecurities.  We worry about whether we are worthy.  Are we worthy of…

“God, examine me and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.  See if there is any bad thing in me.  Lead me on the road to everlasting life.”  Psalm 139: 23-24 In Psalm 139, King David offers an apt description of how God can work in our lives – if only we will…

Now that the New Year is fast approaching, it is the time to make our resolutions for 2016. My resolution for the coming year is to be more grateful.  Mind you, by all appearances, I am a fairly grateful person.  I am quick to say, “thank you,” and I regularly make positive comments about the…

This past weekend we had dinner at the home of one of our neighbors. They served an amazing meal with cuisine that would have outdone the finest restaurant.  It was a lovely evening.  But not surprisingly, all that food made for a lot of dirty dishes!  At the end of the evening, I felt badly…

Isn’t that the way most of our problems are successfully solved? To leave out any of those steps seems nearly impossible to me.  I’d like to say that I could leave out the whining, but unfortunately dramatizing problems is my specialty. In fact, we all fight the urge to whine and complain. It is human…

Yesterday was one of those days when I couldn’t seem to do anything right.  I dropped my daughter off at Sunday School 10 minutes late.  Then I had a music practice after church and made one mistake after another.  In the afternoon, I tried to sew a Christmas stocking and bungled it all up.  Of…
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