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The Gospel of Mark tells the story of Jesus and His disciples out on a boat in the Sea of Galilee (Mark 4:35-39). Then came a storm. These seasoned fishermen were afraid, so it must have been more than just a little rain and waves. Jesus had fallen asleep, so they woke him up. He…

Have you ever felt like you were being bombarded with one thing after another? The phrase “the hits just keep on coming” comes to mind. This is usually followed by an urge to complain to God and burst into tears or curl up in a ball away from the world. However, I have discovered an…

How often do we long for change when life’s circumstances are hard? We imagine a scenario where everything is easier or more exciting. Then, when the chance arrives, we are suddenly nervous or even frightened by its arrival. Transitions are always a little nerve-wracking because even if we don’t like where we’ve been, it is…

When you hear good news, do you often find yourself waiting for the “but” to follow? I got an interview for a job, but I doubt I’ll get it. I think you are really cute, but I am interested in someone else. I lost 5 pounds, but it will probably come back next week. How…

Happiness is as elusive as it is transient. It has the attention span of a butterfly and about the same lifespan, flitting here and there, and then disappearing just as quickly. So, how can you identify the happiest moment in your life? True happiness is a culmination of lots of little moments over a lifetime,…

During and immediately following the election, there was a lot of division going on in this country. The left blamed the right and vice versa. Everyone was up in arms and full of venom on social media. Even if the tirades were true, which often they weren’t on either side, they were seriously lacking in…

I am currently working on multiple projects, and by multiple I cannot even begin to list all of them. I have knitting projects, yard projects, DIY projects in the house, organizational projects, writing projects and probably some things I left out. So many things I want to do, and so little time and money to…

I have spent the better part of the morning trying to get my lawn under control. My riding mower blades quit turning two weeks ago and the push mower wouldn’t start. I got the push mower going Wednesday and mowed the front lawn which wasn’t too bad, but the backyard is angry and hard to…

Source: A Different Approach

I was playing a computer game and stuck on a particular level. I had come to the conclusion that I did not have the hand-eye-coordination required to complete the level, especially since it was timed. I had attempted it countless times and was about to give up on the game altogether when I looked at…