Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Inspirationals.
Tags: advice, beauty, car, child, church, family, father, feelings, goal, Heaven, home, inspiration, life, man, mother, parents, road, scenery, school, smiles, spirit, thought, travel, trip, view, woman
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“Thanks for inviting me to go to church with you next Saturday, Uncle Al.” Tim and his uncle were on their way to Bonny Lake. They had heard the fishing there was great. “I . . . I don’t want to hurt your feelings,” continued Tim, “but . . . well . . . I’m not sure I want to get into this religious stuff. Besides, Mom and Dad don’t think it’s a good idea.”
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“Oh?” asked Uncle Al in surprise. “I thought you said that your parents wouldn’t mind if you went with me. You sounded quite interested last week. You even said the Gospel was beginning to make sense to you.”
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“Yeah, but since then I’ve done a lot of thinking,” Tim said slowly. “I don’t think I feel like getting ‘saved’ right now. The crowd I hang around with at school wouldn’t understand, and I like being with them. Someday I’ll start going to church, but I think I’ll just go on the way I am for a while. I know I’m not perfect, but I’m not so bad, either.”
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Tim’s uncle drove on silently for a few minutes. “Oh, no!” he exclaimed as they passed a road sign. “I was so intent on our conversation that I missed the turnoff! We should have gotten off this road five miles back!”
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“Guess we’ll have to turn around and go back now, huh?” asked Tim.
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But Uncle Al shook his head. “I don’t feel like turning around right now,” he said. “I guess we’ll just keep going
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Jul 23 2010
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Inspirationals.
Tags: attention, belief, care, challenges, comfort, control, conversation, faith, feeling, friends, God, graduation, guidance, home, journey, laughter, life, Lord, love, Memorial Day, memories, nature, peace, picnic, protection, psalm, road, school, scripture, security, tranquility, trust
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I have a fond memory of the love of my life and me taking a walk in the woods shortly after high school graduation. We were attending a Memorial Day weekend picnic with some friends of his and we broke away from the group to take a stroll through the woods. I don’t recall the name of the park we were in, but I do know that I had never been there before. As we walked, talked and laughed our way through a pathway that was unfamiliar to me, I was engrossed in our conversation and was looking down. I remember feeling like I was in the one of the most peaceful and tranquil settings when suddenly, my friend stopped, stepped in front of me and gently pushed me back. I didn’t know why until I looked up. I was about to run smack into a large branch that was eye-level and probably would have rendered me unconscious.
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Shocked, I looked up at him as he asked, “Didn’t you see that branch?” I had not. I was not paying attention to where I was going. I was blindly following this young man that I loved and trusted. I felt comfortable and secure with him. I knew that he cared for me and that he would get me safely back to our group.
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That memory of trusting someone and feeling protected is not unlike our walk with God. In faith, we allow God to take control of our lives and lead us on journeys, through the unfamiliar pathways and woods of life. We put our trust in Him knowing that He will not
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Inspirationals.
Tags: control, direction, harmony, life, peace, quotes, road, sacredness, serenity, soul, space, spirit, traction, winter
Dante, the Florentine poet of the Middle Ages, knocked at the door of
a Franciscan monastery at Lunigiana. He was asked, “What do you want?”
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Dante replied, “Peace.” I think that maybe he was speaking for a lot
of us — especially these days. But how do you find peace?
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Mar 08 2009
Posted: under "Jamaica ~ Land Of Paradise".
Tags: beach, beauty, couple, fashion, flight, French, Heaven, history, Jamaican, journey, laughter, link, moment, Negril, northcoast, road, Spur Tree, tourist, trip
ROAD TRIP - Lighthouse and homeward bound
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Sea, Sun and Sand — on the North Coast, Jamaica
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Published: Sunday | March 8, 2009
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We catch up on our nomadic islanders after breakfast. The sun is up and the glare off the white sand beach is intense, even in the morning! Colleen and Cecile are walking off the morning’s gastronomical indulgences with Mario and Brian not far behind.
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So we got our significant others and made for the beach. We had a ball!
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Mar 08 2009
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Inspirationals.
Tags: beauty, country, funny, God, Heaven, idea, inspiration, Jesus, life, Lord, peace, road, season, soul, stranger, summer, trust, winter
A stranger came by the other day with an offer that set me to thinking. He wanted to buy the old barn that sits out by the highway. I told him right off he was crazy. He was a city type, you could tell by his clothes, his car, his hands, and the way he talked.
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He said he was driving by and saw that beautiful barn sitting out in the tall grass and wanted to know if it was for sale. I told him he had a funny idea of beauty.
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Mar 04 2009
Posted: under Advice & Tips.
Tags: business, company, golf, information, nation, pencil, phone, road, service, voice
Here is something you will want to have and use! The telephone
company will charge you $1.50 to get a phone number from
information.
But, kudos to Google, now you can be connected to a business phone
number for free.
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Feb 22 2009