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91) A Perfect Daughter; Loving a Special Needs Child

For BreakPoint Daily at http://www.breakpoint.org , July 9, 2013, by John Stonestreet      Sometimes you hear a story that puts a warm glow in your heart and a tear in your eye.  I’m going to share with you one such story.      If one noun could characterize Heath White’s aspirations, it would be […]

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40) Blessings in Disguise

     Yesterday’s meditation (#39) was based on the song Sometimes Miracles Hide by Bruce Carroll.  In today’s meditation there are two letters that Carroll received from people who are living the story that the song describes, and who were touched by his words.  These, along many more such letters, are in a book Bruce

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33) A Little Child Will Lead Them

From Nightlight:A Devotional for Parents, by James and Shirley Dobson,  Multnomah, 2002, pp. 214-215.      We do want to be effective parents. There is so much to teach our kids, and so little time.  But as we struggle and strain to bestow wisdom on the next generation, we might also pause to consider how

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31) Just a Housewife and Mother

     Today is a day to honor our mothers.  It used to be taken for granted that being a mother was in and of itself a worthwhile use of one’s time and a valuable contribution to society.  That belief is no longer held by many people.  Many women now work outside the home, and

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28) No Place Like Home

The following piece entitled The Little Way of Ruthie Leming was written by best-selling author Eric Metaxas for the May 7, 2013 Breakpoint message  http://www.breakpoint.org  — a ministry of Prison Fellowship.      As a journalist and cultural commentator, my friend Rod Dreher seemingly had it all.  In addition to his strong Christian faith, Rod

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