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Another unpopular word today? Weakness!
Whatever the case, we can grab onto Isaiah 40:29: “He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.”
Lauri Lemke Thompson
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Humility: An unpopular word these days?
"Paul tells us in Colossians 3:12 to clothe ourselves with humility, so we should make it a goal to live humbly each and every day."
Lauri Lemke Thompson
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A lesson in patience from the bird world!
Sacrifice. Endurance. Twelve hours is a long time to sit motionless. I of course could not pick their birdbrains, but I speculated: While sitting on that nest, do they miss soaring through the air, choosing their own path and foraging for food?
Lauri Lemke Thompson
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When all you see is sand, seek an oasis
When problems stack up and life is so hard, we may feel like we are living in a harsh, barren desert--and barely surviving.
Lauri Lemke Thompson
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Give out some verbal sunshine today
Why are we so lax in giving out compliments? I think we often have good inclinations but don’t act on them.
Lauri Lemke Thompson
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Fear can try to boss us around
A disclaimer: yes, there are legitimate concerns that cause us to take rational precautions, but that’s different from true fear.
Lauri Lemke Thompson
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‘Aging Is So Cool Everyone Is Doing It’
Fryling and others have written that we can learn to view growing old as a gift from God. Logically, if you are a senior citizen and you’re still here (and you are or you wouldn’t be reading my column) then it is God’s will for you to experience old age.
Lauri Lemke Thompson
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Too busy NOT to pray
Prayer is a heavy subject, so let me insert a bit of humor from Ruth Bell Graham, wife of Billy Graham: “God has not always answered my prayers. If he had, I would’ve married the wrong man – several times!”
Lauri Lemke Thompson
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You are the air traffic controller of your mind
That sounds impossible, you might say. I would agree, but we believe in the God of the impossible, don’t we? He wouldn’t ask us to do something unless He’s also willing to empower us to do it. So ask for His help.
Lauri Lemke Thompson
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The birds start their singing – us, too?
I have no idea what you may be going through – perhaps a loss, an illness or a failed relationship? Your heart may feel broken, and you’ve probably heard that God can heal a broken heart.
Lauri Lemke Thompson
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All things white and shaggy – and other unexpected gifts
This gift was astounding since my mother had often made it clear that a house was no place for an animal. Yet here was this green-eyed purr-box, and she was actually going to live in our house.
Lauri Lemke Thompson
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Why pray when you can worry?
Not knowing what will happen in the coming weeks, months and years (which of course we don’t) can easily bring anxiety.
Lauri Lemke Thompson
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Less daylight and grey skies? Look for the light!
I cope in practical ways by simply turning on more indoor lights, and I may light a candle or two. I might turn on my fireplace. All seem to bring me comfort.
Lauri Lemke Thompson
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Celebrating Christmas without a loved one?
Well – especially in Branson – I can no longer refuse to think about Christmas. I’ve already had relatives from out of state here to attend Christmas shows and see holiday lights, so I put up my Christmas décor for them to enjoy.
Lauri Lemke Thompson
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Fall is here: The crunch of leaves has begun
Go for a drive or hike before the leaves drop because after they do you will find yourself looking at bare branches for five months.
Lauri Lemke Thompson
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‘I’m just telling everyone’
To climb a mountain and then do all that yelling, she must have been extraordinarily happy with how she was treated, to say nothing of her new glasses.
Lauri Lemke Thompson
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