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Joy

How many of us have heard, or read the Scripture, "The Joy of the Lord is my strength" I have heard it, read it, and said it all my life. However, I didn't understand what it meant until I was an adult. I guess we sometimes don't understand things until we go through some things. I always wondered why we were supposed to be joyful while going through the fire. Who wants to be joyful while in the fire, nobody. The fire is often a painful place a place we usually can't wait to get out of, we want whatever lesson that needs to be learned to be taught quickly unfortun[...]

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The Words We Speak

I know everyone has been told words are powerful, and that we should think before we speak because, we never know what kind of impact our words will have on someone. Sometimes we will hear later how we hurt someone with our words, then we need to ask for forgiveness, or we've  helped someone with or words. I like to hear how I've helped someone with my words, and a couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to find out that I said something to two different ladies on two different occasions  that left a lasting impact on their life in a positive way. The funny th[...]