Tag: hope
group name: soulfood
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March 22, 2008 10:44 AM EDT --
Metaphorically, we've all had "crucifixions and resurrections", if we've lived long enough. Whether it was a divorce or a devastating illness, we probably thought that . . . more
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March 26, 2008 06:38 PM EDT --
Oprah had two shows about a woman and her husband who lived in a home packed from floor to ceiling with clothes and gifts and garbage that they had been unable to let go of for over 15 years. It . . . more
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January 12, 2007 04:33 PM EST --
In my desperation Lord I cried out to you
Will you hear me or turn me away
With a heart so heavy and full of pain
I have often wondered what you could possibly see in me
All my life I’ve been . . . more
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April 14, 2008 10:24 AM EDT --
Written in 2007 Just prior to Father's day.
© David Wainland 2007
The sounds of thunder followed me
from Florida to New Jersey.
Chasing me . . . more
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December 31, 2007 05:35 PM EST --
Psychoanayst Carl Jung taught that there are two major seasons in our lives. The first season he said was one where we focused primarily on the biological and social aspects of our lives--having children, . . . more
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December 07, 2007 01:00 PM EST --
"Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again." -- Sarah Ban Breathnach
Today, . . . more
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October 09, 2007 10:47 AM EDT --
On August 30, 2003, Robert Rogers and his wife and four children were driving from Wichita to their home near Kansas City, Missouri. They had attended a wedding in Wichita and now, with the children (all . . . more
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January 21, 2008 10:50 AM EST --
She was a teenaged dancer in China, having trained from early childhood, when she lost her left arm in a car accident. Depressed, she turned away from dancing for awhile. But when asked to coach a . . . more
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April 18, 2008 08:01 AM EDT --
Note: This got posted to unrelated groups. SORRY!!!!!! Serious computer browser issues!!!!!
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September 09, 2007 06:12 PM EDT --
I've always believed that if people of different religions sat down with one another and talked, we would have far less wars and many more friendships. Maybe that's why I enjoyed the book, The . . . more
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January 07, 2007 11:43 AM EST --
His crutches were not the first thing I noticed. It was his smile. Luca Patuelli, 21, is a college student. He is short, dark-haired with a few pimples left over from his teenage years. But his face . . . more
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May 18, 2008 06:15 AM EDT --
Watch the sea, full of emotion,
Cruel, yet caressing.
The ever-pounding demon,
like purple velvet,
with a succession of recurring folds.
Massive forces that embrace,
Pounding surf that . . . more
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January 02, 2007 10:57 PM EST --
In the Bible, the rainbow was a symbol of God's covenant with Noah and the people of the earth. Personally, the rainbow has become a symbol of God's presence and guidance in my own life. . . . more
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August 12, 2007 05:50 PM EDT --
Are you having a bad day? Is life getting you down? Well, let me tell you about Nick Vujicic.
Nick's father was the pastor of a church in Melbourne, Australia, and, on the day in 1982 that . . . more
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May 12, 2008 12:28 PM EDT --
The fly weeps upon the wall
He dose not hear the call
He mourns the loss of his buddy
they fly cries "Oh Fuddy"
Eternity waits for no man
If man just sits and waits for eternity . . . more
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May 20, 2007 11:06 AM EDT --
Helen Keller said: "When one door of happiness closes, another one opens; but we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us."
Have you found . . . more
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May 08, 2007 10:41 PM EDT --
Amy Turner Tunick came into this life on the 13th and she left this life on the 13th. May 13th of 2006 to be exact. I only found out about her passing a few days ago, and as we are coming upon the one-year . . . more
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January 19, 2007 10:53 AM EST --
I have worked with the dying over the years, and there is one thing that I've come to believe: We do not die alone.
Time and time again, I was told by people who were preparing to cross over, that loved . . . more
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March 24, 2007 10:38 PM EDT --
The call came on Wednesday, early in the morning. The church in Dayton, Ohio where my husband had interviewed to be the minister had chosen to hire the other candidate. The president of the board of trustees . . . more
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May 23, 2007 07:11 PM EDT --
It is important that we examine whether we are coming from compassion or pity in responding to someone who is experiencing a challenge.
When we are experiencing pity, we are seeing others as helpless . . . more
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