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You Can Do More Than You Think You Can

You don’t know what you can do until you try. 

you can do more than you think you can

We often assume or think we can’t do something we have not tried. It’s sort of our go-to determination. 

We might see someone riding a skateboard and our immediate thought is, “I can’t do that”.

I remember when I was a teen talking to my grandmother about skateboards. Back then they were a very crude iteration of what they are now. 

She had been watching us from the living room window when I said, “Gram, you could try out my skateboard.” 

Her response was quick and decisive: “Oh, I’d land on my head.”

… Granted she was in her late 80’s at the time and probably would have if she had tried. But there was no consideration on her part. It was simply an automatic response that she could not do that. 

There are many things we see each day and make that same kind of instant determination that we could not possibly do that. 

Maybe it’s making something with our hands, or working some kind of machine. It could be coordinating colours in a room, or designing a landscape in a back yard. 

We just don’t think we can do it. 

But how do you know you can’t do something if you have never tried? 

Sometimes we base our judgement on our results of doing something similar. We may have tried something years ago with poor results so we think we can’t do anything similar now. 

Drawing is one of those things. It takes some talent to draw and most people don’t think they can draw very well, so they only draw stick figures.

I’m not even talking about drawing a picture that you would consider showing to others. I’m just talking about drawing something that looks like what you were trying to draw. 

When I was in high school, I listened to music a lot. Sometimes I would look at the cover of an album and get inspired. I started to draw the faces of some of my favourite music artists. 

I’ve never taken art classes, so I don’t know how to properly shade something. When it comes to pen or pencil strokes, I know nothing. I just tried to draw what I saw. 

I never showed anyone what I drew, but you could see the resemblance from the pictures. 

Well, recently I got a new iPad along with the Apple Pencil. I decided I would try to draw something with it … after all, it’s only been 45- 50 years since I did it last. 

So I took a few photographs and tried my hand at drawing parts of them. 

When I showed my daughter, her response was, “Hey, Mom is artistic and can draw. Dad, you can draw. What happened to me? I’ve got no talent to do any of that.”

My only thought was, “Give it a try. Maybe you can, and you just think you can’t.”

Here’s the thing: We often make quick determinations when it comes to God. We think, “He won’t do this” or “He will say no to that”. Before we even ask God, we’ve written Him out of the picture. Maybe if you weren’t so quick to count God out, He might respond to your request. But you will never know unless you get past that automatic response.

That’s Life!

Paul

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Your Advice Is Not Always Welcomed

your advice is not always welcomed

It’s good to listen to your spouse when he or she gives you advice.

Though this is a very valid statement, it isn’t true all the time … but it was for me last night. 

We had been out for a walk and arrived back home at about 9 pm. As Lil looked up to the sky she said, “You should get your drone and take some video of the sky. It’s beautiful.”

I kind of balked at the advice because we could only see a small section of the sky and, though it was colourful, we couldn’t see the full horizon. What I could see didn’t seem that impressive. 

There is also another thing that happens when my wife gives me advice: I automatically challenge the idea. 

Now don’t get me wrong here. There are many times Lily gives me advice and I readily receive it and act on it. But when it comes to something that is my domain, something that I do and she doesn’t, well, that’s when I kind of push back. 

It happens the other way as well. There are times when I give Lily advice that I can tell she is immediately dismissing what I’m telling her. She will have many reasons or arguments for not wanting to follow my advice. 

It goes both ways. 

It is the belief that, hey, this subject, topic, activity, whatever, is my expertise. It’s what I know or do; don’t try to barge into my territory. 

I remember my father-in-law took a course based on a book his instructor had written. My father-in-law noticed a few grammatical errors on the first page and the instructor was quite appreciative. He even invited him to check the rest of the chapter for errors. 

Well, the next day my father-in-law showed the instructor all the red marks in the first chapter and it was clear the instructor was not appreciative of the advice given. This book was his baby; he’d put a lot of work into it. He didn’t like the fact that someone was pointing out its flaws and giving advice.

I think it might be human nature to resist the advice of someone who is poking their nose into an area that you feel you have ability in. 

No one likes the guy who walks by while you are planting a garden and tells you should really lay down landscaping cloth to keep the weeds out. 

Well, as it turned out, I had to put something away when Lily and I arrived home. She went into the house and I had time to think. 

As I thought about it and looked back up at the sky, I decided I would take Lil up on her advice. I got my drone and took some very colourful video and images from about 350 feet in the air.

The image in this post is one of them. It’s pretty sweet when the sunset cooperates and when you take someone’s advice. 

Here’s the thing: Our world is filled with advice. Often we just tune out the advice we don’t want to hear. But if that advice is correct and wise, we miss out and it can end up causing us grief. God has advice for us if we will take it. It’s found in the Bible. His greatest advice is to take Him up on His free gift of salvation that comes by placing your faith in His Son, Jesus Christ.

That’s Life!

Paul

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The Risk Is Adding To My Confusion

I am so confused. I’m not sure if I can or if I can’t and I don’t want to risk taking a chance.

the risk is adding to my confusion

That first line may be confusing you, so let me give you some insight into my confusion.

Back in January I broke my drone. It was a careless mistake on my part … and a pretty sad day for me. I wrote about it here. 

For the last six months, I have not had a drone to fly.

However, for my birthday, I got a new drone. It has some better features than my previous drone, and one special feature I was looking forward to.

My new drone is below the weight classification that requires a drone license. That in itself is not a big deal because I already have a drone pilot license. But with this new drone I have less restrictions on where I can fly … or at least that is what I believed to be true. 

All the advertising videos I had seen had pumped me up about being able to fly right off the back deck of our house – legally!

Because we live within five kilometres of an airport, I could not fly my old drone in our neighbourhood. 

With my new drone, I no longer have to drive fifteen minutes to find a spot where I’m allowed to put my drone in the air.

Or do I?

This is where I got confused … 

You see, I was excited to take my drone out as soon as I got it. So once everything was charged, I popped over to the high school field a block away. I was going to fly my drone for the first time.

But when I went to fly it, I received a warning through the controller and my drone remained in a locked mode. 

To unlock the drone, I had to submit my telephone number. Ya, that’s right. “Big brother” is watching – watching where I fly my drone.

The penalty for flying a drone in a restricted zone is a minimum of $1000! 

I certainly was not going to give anyone an open invitation to fine me so I packed up and went home.

I was very disappointed to have the same restrictions as I did before. Not only was I disappointed, I was confused because I had thought I could fly it. 

What was the point of getting an under-weighted drone if I still face the same restrictions as someone with a larger drone? 

Then to confuse me even more, I got the NAV Canada Drone app. 

This app shows you a map of where you are and highlights any restricted zones in the area. 

When I plugged my drone info in the app, it showed that I was approved to fly. 

So do I believe the app or the drone controller? The drone app says I can, but my drone indicates that I can’t. 

I just don’t know. Do I want to take the risk?

Here’s the thing: There is a verse in the Bible that talks about the sin that easily entangles. Not all sins would be described this way, but you probably know which sins are easily entangling for you. Hebrews 12:1 tells us to lay them aside. In other words, consider staying clear of those sins; stay far from them. You don’t really want to take the risk of being entangled by them. The cost might be really high.

That’s Life!

Paul

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Love It And Hate It At The Same Time

I love it and hate it all at the same time. That’s how I feel about our dehumidifier in our basement. 

love it and hate it at the same time

There is a show on TV called, “Love it or List it”. It’s a real estate show about couples who are at odds with whether they should renovate their current home or buy a new one. 

These couples usually place great restrictions on the show’s two hosts – one who has a plan to renovate their home to suit their needs, the other who wants to find and sell them the perfect new home. 

At the end of the show, when the renovation is complete and the couple have seen some great homes, the hosts ask them, “will you love it (keep your home) or list it (buy the new one)?”

The couple is usually very torn and there is a suspenseful pause before they reveal what they want to do.

The thing is they love what the one host has done with their home, but they still hate some of the things that could not be fixed … which makes the new home look so attractive. 

They love and hate their current home all at the same time. 

And that is how I feel about what’s happening in our home. 

This spring and summer’s weather have made our basement very damp. I can tell because it is freezing in our basement – probably 3-5 degrees cooler downstairs than upstairs. 

But it is not a nice cool, or dry cool. It’s hard to describe other than it feels damp.

So this spring I hauled out our dehumidifier. It’s getting older but is still pretty good. With it working away in the corner, our family room has been transformed into a very liveable environment. 

But what I hate now about our downstairs is that the loud noise of the dehumidifier makes it very hard to hear. 

The TV has to be turned up and, if I have a conversation with Lily, it’s like we are under the “cone of silence” from the Get Smart show. We are always saying, “WHAT?” to each other. 

When important things are on TV – like a hockey game – I turn the dehumidifier off. But then sometimes I forget to turn it back on and it gets cold down there again. 

I’m not ready to go on the show “Love it or List it”, but man, I love and hate our basement all at the same time.

In reality it is not the basement that is the issue, it’s the dehumidifier. 

It sounds like a diesel truck is idling in our family room. And we’ve had the unit for so long that I can’t remember if it always sounded that way or if there is a bearing that is gone in it. 

Either way, there is no “quiet” setting on it for when the desired humidity has been reached. 

Maybe it’s time to “list it” and buy a new dehumidifier.

Here’s the thing: There are some sins that can become habits. When they do, they, in a sense,  become very comfortable. We get used to them. But they also become a main source of guilt. We love them and hate them at the same time. You can try to clean the sin up, but in the end it will still be there. You have to deal with that sin and move out of the habit. That you can only do with the help of God in your life. 

That’s Life!

Paul

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Haircut – Who needs a Haircut Right Now?

The time is getting close to when I can finally get a haircut, but should I do it?

haircut - Who needs a haircut right now?

I haven’t had a haircut since the last week in March. I haven’t gone this long without cutting my hair since 1975, when three months with no haircut was normal and maybe not long enough.

But that was then.

Things are much different now than back at the end of high school. Styles changed and I got older. My hair got shorter … though I still had a bit of a mullet when I got married in 1985. 

My hair has also gone through some changes over the years. I now have a balding spot at the back of my head and my hair is getting thinner. 

The texture of my hair has also changed. It used to be thicker and more wiry. I could not get a regular comb through my hair. When I did comb it, my hair stayed in place. Even if the wind was strong and blew it a little, one stroke with my hands and it all went back into place. 

Now my hair is more straight and limp. I basically need a mirror if it hits the wind. My hair will be all over the place. 

When I used to wash my hair, it was never a big deal. Now every time I wash it, I feel like “I can’t do anything with my hair”. … That was a line from a commercial back in the sixties and seventies. Now I finally understand what they were talking about. 

I played golf with my son last week and when I put my head down to putt, my hair fell down all over my face.

Based on the fact that my hair is getting longer, it’s a no brainer to get it cut, right?

Right! 

Well, that’s what I thought. But I have people telling me they like my flow. It’s driving me crazy, but they like it. It’s not just random people saying this to me, it’s people who are close to me – people whose opinions matter to me: my wife, my kids, my friends. 

So I’m having second thoughts about getting my hair cut as soon as my hair guy has a space free in his chair. 

But when I go out in the wind, I’m reminded how much I really do need a haircut. 

In a couple of days I will be able to say goodbye to being creative with how I take care of my hair. It won’t have to be something that is on my mind throughout the day. 

But will I? When I long for something, sometimes when it comes about I’m not as eager to jump at it. Sometimes I will see how much longer I can go without it. 

I just may do that with my hair. We will have to see what happens.

Here’s the thing: Some people think they have lots of time to decide to follow Jesus. Right now you may like your life and not want to submit to Christ just yet. But when will that time be? And when that time does come, will you think about waiting a little longer to make that change? Perhaps even wait too long? Now is the time to choose Christ as your Saviour. You will have lots of life to enjoy with Him in the lead. 

That’s Life! 

Paul

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Big Day For Shopping After A Long Layoff

Like for most people in Ontario, Saturday was a big day for me. 

big day for shopping after a long layoff

It was the first day in three months we could shop in stores for something other than groceries. 

That three months seemed like it was six or seven, so when the gates opened on Friday, people flooded to the stores.

For me and many others, Saturday was the first chance we had to do some real shopping … and I took advantage of it. 

There were several things I needed to get so I had a route planned out for the morning. 

Not surprising, there were lineups outside most stores. With limited capacity at this time, there were far more people who wanted to shop than were allowed in stores at one time. 

I had four stores I needed to drop in on – I waited in lines for three of them. 

Thankfully the lines moved fast. It was like everyone had a list of stores to get to so they didn’t want to linger around in just one. People seemed to have a business mentality to get in, get what you need and get out.

The last store I visited I had a return to make. What was I thinking?

Lily and I had bought two globes for ceiling fans at our cottage. We found out they didn’t fit when we opened up the cottage this spring.

Why I thought it would be an easy matter to take them back on the first day of shopping in three months, I don’t know. 

It was like trying to make a return on the day after Christmas. While everybody is piling into the stores to get the bargains, there is a long, sad line of people waiting for two return clerks to process their unwanted items. They wait longingly so they can get in on all the bargains with their new found money. 

Well, while everyone was filing directly into Lowes, I was rerouted outside the store to join a line – the sad line of people who were not smart enough to know this was not the day for returns. 

I waited a long time for the people ahead of me to have their excess building products all sorted through – plumbing items, flooring, fasteners. … It was like watching a cashier at Canadian Tire count out the Canadian Tire money someone presented them to pay for a $150 item. 

It was painful. 

Finally I got my turn. Without a receipt though, I was given a gift card for all of $16.07. 

I immediately went into the store to look for globes that would fit our fans. I found two that I liked, headed to the nearest cashier, and promptly forgot to use my gift card. 

I’ll use it on my next trip, which may not be for a while. I got my fill of shopping in that one morning. 

Here’s the thing: Do you know when it’s the best time to get right with God? If you have sin in your life, do you know when you should confess that sin? Or if you’ve never placed your faith in Christ, do you know when the optimal time is to make Christ your Lord? Well, unlike shopping the day after Christmas or the day after the end of a provincial lockdown, the best time to get right with God is NOW. There are no lines, no waiting; just do it now. The Bible says this is the day, this is the hour of salvation. Don’t wait. 

That’s Life!

Paul

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Be Open To Something New

“Be Open”, from time to time I will repost an article from the past. This post is from June 2016. Enjoy.

Yesterday my daughter got me to try something new, and that’s pretty amazing. What’s even more amazing is that it was food.

be open to something new

When your kids are young, you are constantly coaxing, encouraging, coercing them to try new and different things. To just be open to them.

As they grow up, you do it so much that you never think there will be a time when the shoe is on the other foot. 

I have to admit, I’ve had to take a few fashion tips from my son, and he’s gotten me to watch the odd movie he recommended. 

But the other night was something else. It involved eating and I’m pretty set in my ways when it comes to that.

I think it goes back to the days when my mother tried to feed me squash for dinner. It seemed to be a staple in our house, like once a week at the very least. 

I alway refused, but there was alway a tiny pile of it on my plate, with the understanding that there would not be dessert without the downing of the squash. 

I tried to hide the flavour by mixing it into other foods like potato, but the taste always made me shiver as it went down.

As hard as my Mom tried, and as often as she persisted, to this day I don’t eat squash. 

I don’t eat guacamole either. Well, maybe I shouldn’t be so hasty …

Lily and I were on our way to Toronto for me to catch a plane the next day. We were staying the night at our daughter Karlie’s home.

Normally when we get there, we go out to eat or order in. Karlie does cook but there never seems to be any food in the house when we arrive. I’m not positive, but maybe it’s just a ploy to get a free meal. 

This trip, however, we left late so I thought we would just get fast food on the way. Not this time. Karlie apparently had food for us. 

Still, we weren’t going to get there until nearly 8 pm, and since I was hungry when we left home, I thought about just passing on her offer this time. 

But there was something about the offer that gave me the impression she would be disappointed if we didn’t eat there. So I said we’d be there for dinner, and hit the gas pedal.

I told myself, be open.

Well, Karlie is into this clean eating thing. I don’t really know what that means … I’m pretty sure Lily washes the food we eat too. 

When we got there, to my surprise, the bbq was on and the chicken was smelling pretty good. I’d been waiting so long to eat, I almost had to catch myself from salivating down my chin.

We were having chicken tacos which is not a stretch for me at all. I like hitting up Taco Bell for some grub sometimes. But this was a little different. 

The tacos were basically chicken, red cabbage and that’s it. I thought maybe I needed some hot sauce or something, but there was none. The only thing to put on for flavour was guacamole. 

But I don’t eat guac! However, since there was nothing else, and with a little coaxing from Lily, I tried it. 

Crazy thing! – it was pretty good. … Look at that, me trying something new my daughter suggested. 

Here’s the thing: Don’t get so stuck in your ways spiritually, that if God were to move you to try something new, you won’t do it. Always be open to the leading of the Holy Spirit in your life.

That’s life!

Paul

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Being A User Versus Being A Maintainer

I am a user, because I’m better at using things than I am at taking care of things. Is there anyone out there who’s like me?

being a user verses being a maintainer

When I was growing up, my mother thought my brother and I should go into the wrecking business when we grew up. We were so good at it.

Some people are very good at maintaining things. They care for their lawns, their cars, and maintain all the necessary things in their homes. 

But I’m not wired up that way. I was built to use things. I don’t have time to care for things because after I have used them, I’m on to something else.

The truth is, I like the idea of caring for my things. … I would really like to have a car that sparkles all the time, but I’m too busy using it to take the time to make it sparkle. 

I chalk it up to my genes. This propensity to care for things or to just use things comes to us from our parents and their parents before them.

I figure my user mentality has just been passed down to me. 

The upside to my bent on life is that I get to enjoy a lot of things. The downside is when they break down they end up costing me more … more time to fix them or more money to get them repaired. 

I kind of do that with my cars. I’d never own a car until it became an antique. It just wouldn’t last that long for me. 

Unfortunately, I discovered this week that I also do that with my bike.

Over the last year I’ve broken the chain on my bike at least twice – maybe three times, I can’t remember. 

If it happens once, it’s no big deal, but if it keeps happening, there’s something wrong. 

This week I took my bike in to get a tune-up and a new chain.  

When the mechanic looked at my bike, he said “Man, look at those rear chain rings! I’m surprised you haven’t broken your neck!”

I figured from that comment that I’d be purchasing new rear chain rings. 

He didn’t like the look of my front chain ring either. And my rear derailleur was pretty worn. 

The bottom line was my bike was a mess. 

My mechanic called me later and said my front brake rotor was all bent too and should be replaced. 

I replied, “just put in on the tab”.

A few days later, he called me back to tell me my bike was all ready to go – ready for me to use it again, that is. 

The bill was pricey. Some people would spend as much as I paid to buy a new bike from Canadian Tire. 

When I got it home, I vowed that I was going to take care of my bike from now on. 

But who am I kidding? I’m a user and it’s tough to break old habits. 

Here’s the thing: Some people care more about the set up when relating to God. They need the  proper things to be in place to ensure their time with God will be optimal. Other people just focus on meeting with God. It may be different each time and sometimes it might be messy. But the thing is, there is no right or wrong way to meet with God. Figure out how you best relate to Him and make it happen.

That’s Life!

Paul

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Flashback To Something I’d Like To Forget

I’ve been having a flashback lately and it scares me from moving forward.

flashback to something I'd like to forget

Recently we completed a couple of projects in our basement. We put new flooring in our downstairs bathroom and added rubber flooring mats throughout our workout room. 

This was all well and good, but there is still one more step in order to be finished with these projects: I have to put three doors back on their hinges. 

It’s not that hard a task. But, because of the height of the new flooring, I have to cut the bottoms off each of the doors. 

That’s what has caused my flashback. 

I’ve been sleeping restlessly lately. Maybe our bedroom has been too hot, but the real reason could be that I’m dreading having to cut these doors.

You see, I have some history with these doors. I was the one who originally hung them in the first place. I was the one who cut the bottoms of the doors off when they were first installed.

And in those days I was having issues with sharp objects.

In a short period of time I cut myself for stitches twice! The worst time was when I was cutting off the bottom of one of these doors. 

There were a couple of things working against me then: I didn’t have the proper saw and I didn’t have the doors lying flat on a table or workbench of some kind. 

Instead, I held the end of the door up with one hand and sawed it with my other. It was not stable at all. 

The saw I was using was a keyhole saw which had a thin, tapered, toothy blade. 

Well, with the instability, the blade easily found my finger – the base of my index finger on my left hand. 

There was blood everywhere. Three ceiling panels were ruined with blood splatter that could have made it on the set of a CSI television show. 

I couldn’t stop the bleeding, so I had to hold my finger with my other hand while Lily drove me to the hospital. 

I got about seven stitches and the doctor was stunned that I hadn’t cut the tendon that was right close to the cut. 

All in all, I haven’t forgotten that incident. 

So as I’m anticipating having to cut the bottoms off of three doors – one of them being the very door I went to the hospital over – ya, I’m having a flashback. 

What I have going for me this time, though, is more tools to get the job done … and I have quite a few of them now. 

My most recent weapon is an oscillating multi-tool. This tool has come in really handy cutting off the bottoms of the door moulding. 

That tool is not going to work on the doors themselves, but now I have a circular saw. So with the circular saw and a firm base to work on, I should be able to keep the cuts just on the doors.

Here’s the thing: Though sins that we repeat over and over are difficult to deal with, try using some new tools to keep you from those sins. Intentionally guard and protect your circumstances and settings to keep you from giving in to the temptation to sin. When you do, you’ll also eliminate the flashbacks and be able to move forward. 

That’s Life!

Paul

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Cheered In Such An Unexpected Way

It’s true, I have now been officially cheered up … after having been officially saddened.

cheered in such an unexpected way

… The Toronto Maple Leafs’ loss in game 7 to Montreal was particularly hard to take this year. There was more expectation for the team than ever before. They finished first in their division in I don’t know how long. They were the favourite to come out of the North Division.

So when the Leafs lost to the Habs, I felt a crushing in my spirit. I had a sadness that went deep and didn’t want to leave. 

But the other day I had my sadness lifted. It happened quickly and completely unexpectedly.

Team Canada won the IIWHF World Championships! 

And what cheered me so much about this win was how they did it. 

They were not favoured to win. My wife, Lily, had asked me who was on the team and I had replied, “You won’t know anyone.” There were only a few names I knew. No superstars on this team. 

Early on the team didn’t look good at all. They lost their first three games – a first for Canada.

It was ugly; they looked ugly.

One of our play-by-play announcers was interviewed on Swedish television and was asked if he was embarrassed by Team Canada. 

Team Canada went on to record 4 losses in the round robin portion of the tournament. 

It didn’t look good.

To get into the medal round, Team Canada needed a combination of a tie in regulation in their last game and two other teams deciding their games in regulation. 

It was a nail biter, but miraculously Canada managed to squeak into the quarter finals.

And from there the competition would just get more intense. This team that snuck into the playoff round had to face Russia and then the USA. 

It was a daunting task.

But Canada started to come alive and beat both those teams to make it to the gold medal game. 

The unthinkable had happened. How did they turn it around?

Who knows, but one Russian player commented, “Somehow when Canadians put on the Team Canada jersey they get better.”

Canada trailed Finland twice in the gold medal game, but tied it up both times. The game went to overtime and about six minutes in Canada scored to win the gold. 

Canada is the first team to ever start the World Tournament 0-3 and finish as champions. And no team in IIHF history at any top-level event has ever won gold after losing four games. 

Well, Canada did it with a bunch of guys you’ve never heard of, and a few you will hear about in the coming years. 

I’m proud of these guys. They stuck to it and didn’t give up. They just kept at it and formed together as a team until they won. 

It’s official: I am cheered.

Here’s the thing: There is a lot in life that can make you sad, disappoint you, and send you into a downward spiral. No one likes being there and sometimes it’s really difficult getting out of that condition. You need to know that God is the God of all comfort. When you are down, turn to Him, go to Him, trust Him with your sadness, worry and depression. He can lift you up out of it. It doesn’t seem possible and He does it in miraculous ways, but He can put joy back into your life in the midst of despair. Seek Him. 

That’s Life!

Paul

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