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Leave Room for Prayer
On February 21, 2021 by Elle R.I used to have Facebook – this is an old post, but I saved it as a Word document to remind myself what happens when I take on too much. I wanted to share with you how crucial it is to leave room for prayer. Three years ago…… “As I have said many times before,
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Beware the Dragons
On February 18, 2021 by Elle R.Do you know the difference between poisonous and venomous? I was mulling those words and wasn’t quite sure, so let me share what I found. “According to biologists, the term venomous is applied to organisms that bite (or sting) to inject their toxins, whereas the term poisonous applies to organisms that unload toxins when you eat them.” (John
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Beloved Daughter of Jesus
On February 8, 2021 by Elle R.American authors William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway had a memorable spat over their writing techniques. Faulkner commented, “Ernest Hemingway: he has no courage, has never crawled out on a limb. He has never been known to use a word that might cause the reader to check with a dictionary to see if it is properly
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Set Free in Prison
On February 7, 2021 by Elle R.When you think of a convicted drug dealer serving time in prison, what words, phrases, thoughts come to mind? Go ahead, you’re allowed to think it. I asked. Scumbag, junkie, loser, murderer, deserved it, rot in jail, lost cause. How about these instead? Beloved, redeemable, contrite, friend, daughter, born again Christian, Child of the
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My Brownie Badge
On February 6, 2021 by Elle R.Growing up, I participated in two weekly extracurricular activities. The first one was known as ‘C.C.D.’ C.C.D. was a complete mystery to me as kid. I had no clue what the initials “C.C.D.” stood for. Other children who attended obnoxiously referred to this activity as ‘Central City Dump.’ This set the tone accordingly. I knew