A Word For Living Archive

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    A Word For Living – Complete Your Work

    I clearly remember my Dad telling me, as an eighth grader, to cut the grass around the fence in our back yard. But I drug it out so that I didn’t get it completed before dark. Then I forgot about it.

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    A Word For Living – Don’t Ignore the Warnings

    Not long ago, I found myself in a very difficult situation. While pulling a horse trailer containing Elvis the donkey, I rounded a curve and was confronted by a large yellow dog coming toward me in my lane. Don’t get caught going South in a Northbound lane of life.

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    A Word For Living-Responsibility

    In the aftermath of the current economic meltdown, politicians are playing the “blame game”. Everyone seems more intent on deflecting responsibility for, than in understanding how to prevent such failures in the future. That attitude reflects a growing trend in American life.

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    A Word For Living – Lagniappe

    Down in South Louisiana they use the term “lagniappe” (lan’yap). It usually denotes a little bonus that a friendly shopkeeper might add to a purchase. By extension, it may mean “an extra or unexpected gift or benefit.” Here’s the kind of “Lagniappe” we can really appreciate.

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    A Word For Living – McJobs

    A distinguishing characteristic of Believers over the years has been their dedication and loyalty to employers. However, today’s breed of church goers seems infected with the “What’s in it for me right now” disease.

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    A Word For Living – Dull Razorblades

    Yesterday, I picked up a razor to shave and scratched my face badly. I realized that many people are trying to go through life with a blade dulled by the pressures and activities of everyday life.

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    Bloom Where You’re Planted

    The only way we can reach our full potential in life is to be the very best we can at what God has given us to do right now, right here.

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    A Word For Living–Pleach

    The word “Pleach”, pronounced “playch” is a great word for Christians. It means to interweave the branches of individual plants so as to form a single entity such as a hedge; or to create a decorative shape.

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    Election Night 2008

    Scripture says that God ultimately controls those who rule over us, and I believe God will use the days ahead to bring about revival and spiritual awakening among those who have been guided by misplaced loyalties.

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