College Music Society: Juba ‘dis and Juba ‘dat

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Chapter 4: Refiners Fire

Like the three previous chapters, this one is filled with truths that are life-changing when put into action. I will focus on a couple in this summary.
God uses fire to purify and correct those He loves and nurtures. That sounds like an oxymoron, I’m sure but it’s true, none-the-less. Jakes teaches that whenever God gets [...]

# 3

3.    The third thing you learn is that weeds can be very difficult to distinguish from flowers.  When I was in the yard trying to ferret out the weeds, I kept pulling up flowers instead. Weeds often look like the real thing. They often have pretty buds on them and you might be tempted to [...]

Part 2

2. The second thing you’ll learn is related to the first: weeds will grow in any crack. It amazes me that weeds will grow and thrive if there is even a tiny opening. Take a look at your concrete drive or walk the next time you get a chance. If there is a tiny crack, [...]

Watch Out For Weeds

I’m not a gardener. In fact, I do not LIKE gardening. However, if you want to have a nice yard and cannot afford to hire someone, every now and then you’ve got to go outside and do the dirty work. As I was outside today, pulling weeds from around my plants, I began to sense [...]

Let’s Not Wait Until It’s too Late

In the past month two very good friends and a sister-in-law have all lost their mothers. While all of these women had lived long and good lives, their deaths still caused tremendous pain for those left. Their deaths also give us a moment to reflect on how we are living our lives. Do we have [...]

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It’s Okay To Quit

A friend sent this to me recently and it seemed like sage advice as we reassess where we are with our new year’s resolutions (nowhere?).
This was attributed to Gwendolyn B. McElrath.
It’s Okay To Quit!
1)     Quit arguing with people about the same old foolishness!
-Respect their position and keep it moving!
2)     Quit telling people your [...]

Blessed or broken?

During this time of the year I am always cognizant of the fact that the purpose for Christmas is Easter. We spend so much time in December talking about the baby Jesus. However, if it were only about a little baby born of a virgin, our salvation would really be meaningless. What makes Christmas significant [...]

Prayer for the Season

(borrowed from Karen Edmisten)
Dear Lord,
When I become harried and impatient, when I think I have too much to do
and not enough time, when I feel burdened by obligations, responsibilities, activities and busy-ness, please, Lord, give me the grace to remember, always to remember, that my obligations, responsibilities, activities and busy-ness
spring from an abundance of blessings. [...]