   (…continued)  The third reason people don’t feel good even though they have more is what Easterbrook calls “collapse anxiety.”  Even if people do realize they have it pretty good these days, there is reason to fear that it won’t last.  Terror threats, stock market crashes, global unrest, and so many things in our dangerous […]
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   I have always enjoyed listening to elderly folks talk about life in the old days.  My grandparents remembered life before the automobile, before electricity, and before indoor plumbing.  My parents remember experiencing as children the hardships of growing up during the Great Depression.  And in this fast changing world, people my age look
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“Most of us don’t know exactly what we want, but we’re pretty sure we don’t have it.”  (Mad magazine, Issue #110) “Even the man who has everything is envious of the man who has two of everything.”  (Issue #255) “A lot of people who complain they don’t get what they deserve don’t know how lucky they
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To learn about Nick Vujicic see yesterday’s blog, Emailmeditation #824 —————————- “I never met a bitter person who was thankful; or a thankful person who was bitter.” ———- ———- “If I fail, I try again, and again, and again. Â If you fail, are you going to try again? Â The human spirit can handle much more
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   Imagine getting through your busy day without arms or legs.  Picture your life without the ability to walk, care for your basic needs, or even embrace those you love.  Meet Nicholas Vujicic (pronounced VOO-yee-cheech).  Without any medical explanation or warning, Nick was born in 1982 in Melbourne, Australia, without arms and legs.  The Vujicic
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By Randy Alcorn, in the Spring 2015 issue of Eternal Perspectives    God isn’t just in life’s monumental things.  He’s present in the little things: rain drops, the artistry of spider webs, and the sound of an acoustic guitar.  A child’s laugh, surfing songs, a swing set, sprinklers, and the smell of split cedar.
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   It is instructive to look at the lives of people who have received everything to see if ‘having it all’ makes one happy.  The Bible itself tells the story of one such man.  Solomon was the son of King David and heir to the throne. Shortly after becoming king (See I Kings 3),
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   In 1860 Andersonville, Georgia was a little town of less than 20 people.  It would have long ago disappeared and been forgotten, had it not been for one thing.  In 1863 the Confederate States of America built near Andersonville their main prisoner of war camp for captured Union soldiers in the American Civil War.
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      (…meditation on John 6, continued)  Yet, Jesus is critical of this desire.  He rebukes the people, and although his criticism is gentle enough, he does make it clear that he has come for more important things than to hand out free lunches.  In verse 26 Jesus said to the crowd, “I tell you
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John 6:1-13: Â Â Â Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee, and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick. Â Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. Â The Jewish Passover
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