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So, I went to the mall to get a haircut, and I noticed a Cinnabon restaurant.  I knew their food was ridiculously rich, sugary, and fatty, so I decided to try out a Cinnabon dinner in the midst of a fairly healthy diet.  I'm not the healthiest eater around, but I am fairly so- a vegetarian, an avoider of white bread, an insister on whole grains, a ( Read more... )

     When the guilty are humble, they are miserable to behold. Due wrath, a terrible and unyeilding justice, gives them failure of heart. A harsh response, a rough forgiveness strained through a stubborn wound, gives them little relief. However, a whole forgiveness, expressed in such a way that casts out all fear, restores the broken.
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Faithfulness is the discipline of relationships.  Being discipline, it is often beheld with dread and resentment, but it is a wellspring of life.  Who doesn't want an employee who always delivers?  A co-worker who never slacks?  A friend who never forgets?  A lover who never abandons?  A mother who always nurtures?  A father who always leads?  A ( Read more... )

How easily we let lowly speech flow out of our mouths.  Why is it we feel we need to express our dislike of things in order for our conversations to be enjoyable?  Those times in our chats when silence comes unexpectedly are not evil or tragic situations.  Certainly, however, complaining about the background music, or our daily workload, or our ( Read more... )