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Entries Tagged as 'Spirituality'

Atlantic Hurricane Season Starts Sunday – Lessons to Remember

May 30th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Blogging, Katrina, Reflections, Spirituality, Uncategorized

This Sunday will begin our third Atlantic hurricane season since Katrina (August 29, 2005).  It will last until December 1. The past two summers and falls along the Gulf Coast have been very quiet.  I hope it stays that way.  Once in a lifetime was too much of what Katrina involved. The local (New Orleans) [...]

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Close to an Angel

April 9th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Dee's Family, Inspirational, Our Kids, Reflections, Spirituality, Stories, Uncategorized

 Today is a very blessed day.  Today is my younger son Mark’s birthday.  He is truly a gift from God and has become everything I ever prayed for him to become and more.  For validation of that statement, read the short eloquent post his wife, Lynn, wrote about him this morning at "My Charmed Life."  [...]

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Counting the Cost

January 31st, 2008 · 11 Comments · Health, Reflections, Spirituality, Uncategorized

A moment of honesty . . .   In talking with my psychologist about my deep depression a couple of weeks ago, he advised that one important thing I should do for myself for a while, at least, to try to get better is the carefully count the cost before I make a decision to do [...]

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Spiritual Application to Temperatures We Set . . .

January 11th, 2008 · 9 Comments · Health, Inspirational, Spirituality, Uncategorized

How in the world am I going to do that, you ask!!  Well, bear with me for a couple of minutes.   And first, let me apologize for being so long to make these applications that I promised to make the end of last week and beginning of this week.  I have not felt well [...]

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When There Are No Words

October 30th, 2007 · 9 Comments · Inspirational, Perspective, Philosophical, Reflections, Spirituality

Sometimes in life there are no words.  The expressions of the heart must rise above words to flower in more subtle, yet meaningful ways. This occurs when one is confronted with death.  What is there to say, really.  Death is the great unknown for all of us.  We are all going to die, yet none [...]

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Thinking of Death as Sleep

October 27th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Inspirational, Spirituality, Uncategorized

If Christ had done nothing more for humanity than give it the word "sleep" in place of "death," He would have been the greatest benefactors.  He taught new truth about death, explaining that it is not what it seems.  It is to life what sleep is to the day.  Sleep rests and restores the body [...]

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Rainy Days & Mondays

October 22nd, 2007 · 6 Comments · Perspective, Philosophical, Poetry, Reflections, Spirituality, Uncategorized

 It’s raining this morning and then it’s supposed to turn cold.  Of course, cold is a relative term here in the deep south.  It’s what the rest of United States might call cool with warm days.   Be that as it may, it will be a nice change.  It’s been rather warm the past several [...]

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