SOMETHING FOR YOUR BRAIN

Read the following sentences out loud:

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce .
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided [...]

In “The Wounded Healer,” Henri Nouwen retells a tale from ancient India: Four royal brothers decided each to master a special ability. Time went by, and the brothers met to reveal what they had learned.
 
“I have mastered a science,” said the first, “by which I can take but a bone of some creature and create [...]

SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART 
 
“Myself”
I have to live with myself, and so 
I want to be fit for myself to know, 
I want to be able, as days go by, 
Always to look myself straight in the eye; 
I don’t want to stand, with the setting sun, 
And hate myself for the things I’ve done.
I can never hide myself from me; 
I [...]

SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART 
There was once a person who brought my wife and me a lot of stress. She would call in the middle of the night. She was demanding and ruthless. She screamed at us in public. When she wanted something, she wanted it immediately and she wanted it exclusively from us.
But we never asked [...]

SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART 
Mother’s Version of 1st Corinthians 13
If I live in a house of spotless beauty with everything in its place, but have not love, I am a housekeeper–not a homemaker.  If I have time for waxing, polishing, and decorative achievements, but have not love, my children learn cleanliness - not godliness.  
Love leaves the [...]

SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART 
“First Fruits”
Gardening opens doors for learning and produces a platform for teaching those around us about God’s provision. Appreciating the elements enough to tackle a garden opens our eyes to God’s creativity. Planning helps us to seek and accept God’s will for our lives. Tilling the soil and laboring to plant and [...]

SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART 
Hebrews 12:1 Let us strip off anything that slows us down or holds us back, and especially those sins that wrap themselves so tightly around our feet and trip us up.
Those who counsel the clinically depressed often suggest the HALT! method to their patients. HALT is an acronym based upon these four words:
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