HEAVY HEART THERAPY

Imagine a valentine heart shape burdened with a heavy backpack running to jump and clear a high bar. Recently I visited a very special person to our family who was heavy in heart and clearing that high bar into hope...

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WISDOM WEDNESDAY – MAKING WISE THE SIMPLE

To review, we have looked at WISDOM along with four negativities to avoid, mainly people who sap us of our real meaning of life and joy. This will determine whether we are really wise. Then we laid the foundation...

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PRINCIPLE OF THE ICEBERG

What you don't see is far more important than what you do see. Imagine the excitement 2224 of the richest people in the world and some emigrants hoping for a new life were feeling the day in Southhampton, England when...

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TOUGH MINDS SOFT HEARTS

A tribute to the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. How many coloreds are you going to play at a time in the game tomorrow night? This was the predominant question asked before the big game. The year was 1968. The...

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FRIDAYS WITH FRED – YOU ARE ENOUGH

My Dearest of Friends, When St. Paul wrote his many letters from his Roman prison cell, I am sure he did not know they would reach his friends, let alone be read. Still, he wrote and had them delivered. I,...

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HELLO, MY NAME IS ANGER!

Within arm’s reach is a ping-pong-ball-sized red light button. It is your anger button! Press it and anger flows or possibly explodes like a volcano. Just look around us: The global world political scene is dominated by anger. Nations are ruled...

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WISDOM WEDNESDAY – THE WISDOM DISCIPLINE LINK

King Solomon combined WISDOM and DISCIPLINE in his Proverbs writings. In fact, he advised us to not despise them or treat them with contempt. It intrigues me to question the close linkage between wisdom and discipline. Quite thought-provoking. My first analysis brings...

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OBSOLETE TOOLS

Imagine a farmer plowing a field with his hands hanging tenaciously to a plow pulled by two hefty horses. Then, out of nowhere, a brand new, bright green, “John Deere” pulls up beside the tired farmer. He says: “Hello,...

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THE BATTLE FOR YOUR HEART

What do you hold most dear? What do you want to be most known for? Whatever the answer, God's intent for contacting us is for us to know and be known by the Lord Jesus Christ. Many years ago when a...

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Fridays With Fred

I am writing to all who call Fred Crowell brother and friend. I want you to know I love and appreciate you. I also want you to know I have had high hopes for a new Words of Wisdom,...

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