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22 Nov

Slow Down

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My husband and I were in a restaurant, and my order was wrong. When I asked the waitress for help, she said, “Oh, I was trying to go too fast.” So, I waited for the correct order, the cook had to prepare another meal, the restaurant’s food costs doubled, and the waitress had to serve me twice. Haste makes waste rings true again. But that was just a meal. Two years ago, my ophthalmologist told me I needed cataract surgery,…..

15 Nov

Growing Up

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Growing up is complicated. It takes a while. For some of us, it takes a lot longer than for others. Does God expect us to grow up? Yes. In Ephesians 4:15, He tells us “Speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Him who is the Head, that is, Christ.” Paul warns us about needing the ‘milk’ of the gospel and not growing up enough to accept ‘solid food’ from the Word of God. So,…..

07 Nov

Movie Time

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In “Choosing Life.” I told you that everything I learned, I learned from the movies. As a young girl, I would watch ‘old movies’ after my folks went to bed. By ‘old movies’ I mean movies from the 40’s and 50’s. They were made before special effects and gruesome violence, so they depended on good stories, interesting characters, and happy endings. I remember one movie about a young woman who wanted to marry a rich man. She went to a…..

04 Oct

Who Are You?

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Back in the day, Loretta Young had a TV sitcom. On one of the shows, during a cocktail party, the question was asked “Who are you?” Most of the people responded with their names. Some answered with their occupations: doctor, plumber, accountant. One woman answered “I am a child of God.” Everything stopped. All attention was on her. In those days, it was acceptable to speak of your Christian faith wherever you were. And, of course, her answer was profound……

27 Sep

Going Home

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Our Japanese neighbors are going home. They lived next door to us for the last 4 years. We didn’t hear much from them. They were a very quiet family, a mother, a father, a son and a daughter. All were very accomplished and thrived here in America. When my husband told me they were leaving, he commented that they would miss all this open space here in Arizona. I told him that “home” always calls to us. No matter how…..

20 Sep

The TANSTAAFL Theory

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If you studied economics, you know about the TANSTAAFL theory. It you didn’t study economics, you know this instinctively. TANSTAAFL: There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. Somebody is paying. If someone is receiving food stamps, they are not free. The government does not “make” money. It does not “earn” money. It takes money away from someone to give it to someone else. Someone is paying taxes. And, if someone is receiving something for “free,” they are paying…..

13 Sep

Clean-up On Aisle 4

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In “Choosing Life,” I told you that I was an only child. When I married George, I got a whole new family. Instantly I had a mom and two sisters-in-law and a brother-in-law. My brother-in-law’s wife was my third sister-in-law. I’ll call her Madge. Madge was a fourth generation Californian, and a feisty one at that. If there was one thing that Madge had, it was opinions. And she held them strongly. Most of her opinions revolved around the sad…..

30 Aug

Run For It

trsmith Blog, Book, Divorce, family members, Life Lessons, Parenting, Survival, Violence 0 0

In “Choosing Life,” I told you that my first husband was a violent man. It started with a slap across the face that knocked me down. It went on to a punch aimed at my one year old who wouldn’t sit down in the back seat of the car: his first black eye. Then when my son was three and a half, he walked in front of the TV during a football game. My soon to be ex punched him,…..

17 Aug

Words Have Meaning

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I like to write, that’s why I wrote “Choosing Life.” Words are the tools of my trade. Words are powerful. Remember, “The pen is mightier than the sword.” “In the beginning was the Word.” At the Great While Throne Judgment, we will have to answer for “every idle word.” That indicates that words, and their meanings, are very important to God as well as to us. The Politically Correct crowd love to change the meaning of words. We can’t call…..

03 Aug

The “O” Word

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When I was a baby, I was “Christened.” Only my mother and I were there. So, when I accepted Christ as my “Savior,” I didn’t want to be baptized. After all, I had been “Christened,” and that was enough for me. However, as I progressed further and further in my Christian life, I became more and more uncomfortable with that position. In “Choosing Life” I described a time in my life when I struggled to get free from spiritual bondage. …..

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