Author: Jan Grace
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Stuck InTraffic
Yesterday evening, while traveling on the interstate, we came up on traffic which was barely moving at all. We were on our way to meet some friends for supper, and were about 20 miles from our exit. Both west bound lanes were jammed with cars and trucks, inching along and shifting from lane to lane.…
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How hard is your heart?
Here’s a very important question for each husband and wife: “How hard is your heart?” What do I mean by a “hard heart”? Our heart, our emotional and spiritual core, can be tender or hard, pliable or brittle, peaceful or wired, engaging or repulsive. We are the ones who manage our heart. Do you keep…
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Forgive Thyself?
We ran into a friend of ours the other day at Lowe’s Home Improvement store. A friend who just happens to be a counselor. While my wife and I visited with him, catching up on a couple years of stuff, we also reminisced about some of our counseling sessions from 20 years ago. By the…
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Moms are Special
Today is Mother’s Day. I must tell you up front that I’ve never known a perfect mom. No, I’m not knocking anyone’s mother; yours, mine, or ours. Eve, mankind’s first mom, wasn’t perfect. But she was special. Mary, the woman who carried the Son of God in her womb, and along with her husband Joseph…
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Your Best Days?
In spite of what some of the most popular preachers and pseudo prophets are feeding us, things are NOT getting better. No, I’m not preaching gloom and doom. I’m simply agreeing with what the Apostle Paul wrote almost 2,000 years ago. “BUT UNDERSTAND this, that in the last days will come (set in) perilous times…
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A Bad Taste
“I know you inside and out, and find little to my liking. You’re not cold, you’re not hot – far better to be either cold or hot! You’re stale. You’re stagnant. You make me want to vomit.” (Revelation 3:15 MSG) “Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a…
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Intentions and Actions
I heard something a long time ago that is probably appropriate for today’s world. Are you ready for this? We love to judge people by their actions, and yet demand they judge us by our intentions. “Here’s what I meant…” “Let me explain to you what I was thinking…” “I realize what it looked like,…
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Power To The Faint
“Be strong, hang in there, you can make it, keep a stiff upper lip, hold it together…” Words spoken by well meaning people. But is that the best advice? Maybe. But not always. Many times it is the exact opposite of what we really need to do. “Oh, come on, man! Are you crazy?” Think…
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That First Morning
I’m gonna miss my friend Ross. I’m going to think about him every time I see a garbage truck, or someone playing a guitar left handed, or pull in my fishing line with a big, ol’ catfish hooked on the end. I’m going to miss his exuberance for Jesus, and his love for kids. He…
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Today I May See God
“Better to spend your time at funerals than at parties. After all, everyone dies – so the living should take this to heart.” (Ecclesiastes 7:2 NLT) Old Solomon had some interesting sayings, especially in the book of Ecclesiastes. What could Solomon be getting at: “Better to spend your time at funerals than at parties”? Really?…
Jan Grace 