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Friendship That Lasts Over Time And Distance

When you start a friendship, that friendship may last for a season or last for life.

Friendship that lasts over time and distance

We’ve all had friendships that didn’t last for one reason or another – they moved away or you had an argument and never made up. Sometimes it’s just circumstances that set you apart. You end up at different schools or your career paths take you in different directions. 

High school friends are often for the season. When high school is over that’s it for the friendship, partly because you don’t have contact with those people anymore.

But there are occasions when friendships span the distances, differences and directions. For those relationships there is deep connection that bridges all the impediments to remaining friends.

This week I met up with some high school friends. It’s a thing we do about every two years. We meet up at a restaurant and share a meal together and talk about old times. 

Some people wish they could forget their high school years. They’ve tried to blot them out of their memory banks. But I think I’m safe in saying that for me and my friends, high school was probably one of the best seasons of our lives.

 It doesn’t take much to bring us together either. One friend comes into town to visit family and the emails get sent out, “let’s meet up”.

The crazy thing is, the boys show up.

We feast on remembering back to those days, now almost 50 years ago. 

Thinking back 50 years, I don’t have much left from that time period. I don’t have my custom-made platform shoes anymore, nor do I have my knee-length grey coat with the 10-inch fur collar. 

… Those things have all gone, along with much of the hair we all had back then. 

Some of our group get together periodically, maybe for golf, hockey or for some social gathering, but some of us don’t get together at all. There were a few guys who showed up whom I haven’t seen since high school.

One neat thing about this group though is that no matter how long the time gap between meetings, we kind of pick up where we left off. The nicknames start to fly around like it was yesterday. 

These reunions are always something to look forward to. … Maybe that’s why this year there were 17 of us who got together at Fionn McCools for a good old catchup.

Back in the 80’s there was a TV show called, “Cheers”. It centred around a bar in Boston. Whenever one of the main characters, Norm Peterson, walked into the bar, everyone stopped, looked up and cheered, “Normmm”. 

Well, that was what it was like the other night. 

We all stood around the patio and, when someone came through the doors, there was a, “Hey, ……” and the greetings began.

It was only one night and it probably won’t happen again like that for another two years. But when the email invitation comes to do it again, I won’t hesitate to answer.

Here’s the thing: Most of us focus on the here and now. At some point we won’t be around anymore and the friendships we had will end. But there is a friendship we can have that will continue into eternity – a friendship with Jesus Christ will never end. Put your faith in Him today and your friendship will last forever.

That’s Life!

Paul

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Wonder Is Something There Is No Short Supply Of

I guess we will never lose our wonder over things people invent. 

Wonder is something there is no short supply of

Yesterday I experienced what I think is a relatively new invention. 

I was on my way to our cottage, it was getting past dinner time and I was a little peckish. But I had a destination in mind and was willing to stave off the urge to steer my car towards one of the numerous fast food spots along the way. 

The last few times Lily and I have driven up to the cottage we have seen these big boxes with a picture of a pizza on it. Some of these boxes are tucked beside a restaurant or a store. Some of them are just by themselves. 

We’ve seen five or six of them on our travels this year.

I wondered what they were, so one time I pulled up to one of these boxes and discovered they are a pizza dispensing machine.

The crazy thing is that they don’t just dispense cold pizza. They offer hot, ready to eat, on the spot pizza as well. 

Well I tucked that thought back into my brain, knowing there would come a time when I was going to try it. 

Yesterday was the day. 

It may be just another gimmick but I was intrigued.

… I’m sure when they came out with the first pop or sofa dispensing machine people went “wow”. You just dropped your coins into a slot, pressed a button and – boom – the pop of your choice came out. 

We don’t even think about that now, but back when they first came out it would have been a wonder.

This trip up to the cottage I was by myself and was set on trying this pizza. 

How could this huge box spit out hot pizza and do it in three minutes? Come on!

I pulled in and there was a family just finishing a pizza. When they saw me heading for the machine the mom said, “It’s pretty good.” 

Back in the early nineties, we had a Chrysler New Yorker. It would talk to us. If the door wasn’t quite shut, a voice would say, “a door is ajar” … to which we would all reply in unison, “The door is not a jar; it’s a door!” 

One day when our son was about two or three, I was driving with him in our other car. He asked me very seriously, “Daddy, why doesn’t this car have a little man in it?”

I laughed and thought, “Boy, the wheels are really turning in Mike’s head over this one.” 

Well, to be honest, how do you get a pizza in three minutes out of a box that’s about 7 feet by 8 feet by 4 feet? 

The obvious answer is that there’s got to be a little man in it. I’m sure I’ve seen a little man selling frozen pizzas on TV before. 

Well, this box pumped out my pizza … Hawaiian, of course. And though I’m not a connoisseur of fine pizza, it was not horrible.

Chock one up for new inventions. 

Here’s the thing: There are time we are filled with wonder about what we see, hear or experience. If we took time to think, time to ponder, we would always be filled with wonder at mountains so high, grass so green, minds so creative, newborn babies so intricate and small. All that wonder should be directed to God who made everything. 

That’s Life!

Paul

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“It’s Not Meant To Be” Is Never Easy To Accept

There are some things that are just not meant to be, even though you try hard to establish them.

It's not meant to be is never easy to accept

We’ve all experienced it – that car we desperately wanted was sold before we could get the down payment together; maybe it was a dream house that will always remain a dream. 

There are also times when you possess something but you can’t keep it. 

I remember when I was a kid and my dad bought a curious looking game. It had an octagon shape much like that of a crokinole board, but the structure was more like a pool table. 

The sides were cushioned like a pool table and green felt covered the surface. You even used billiard balls and a cue stick to hit the balls, but there were bumper pegs in the centre of the table and on either sides of the two holes that were across from each other.

My brother and I played a lot the first week we had it, but there was something wrong with one or two of the bumper pegs. 

So after just a week of playing the game, my dad took it back. I had hoped that he would replace it with a new one … that didn’t happen. 

I’m not sure if they didn’t have any more or if it was just not a very good quality table, but that was it; we didn’t see the table again. I guess having a bumper pool table was not meant to be.

… In the last few days I’ve had a very similar experience. 

A few weeks ago I wrote about my first experience with my new paddle board (read about it here).

I owned it for a month and got to use it once before it broke. But I was not giving up on paddle boarding that easily, so we took it back and got a new one. 

I had to wait a week before I could use it because I put my back out, but I finally got the board out on the water and both Lily and I had some fun. 

I got the hang of it pretty well and even took it out on rough water and was able to keep my balance … for the most part. 

When our vacation came to an end, we deflated the paddle board and rolled it up. 

When we got home, there was a letter from the company that made the paddle board. It was a recall letter. The words that were highlighted were “stop using the paddle board immediately”. We were informed to return it and get a refund. 

I was definitely disappointed because, after using it a few times, I was hooked. 

I spent the next several days looking in stores and online for a new paddle board. There’s many out there but there are very few 15 foot tandem boards. And the one’s I’ve seen are very pricey – double what we paid for ours. 

After a week-long search we still have not been able to secure one. I’m starting to think, it was just not meant to be. 

Here’s the thing: There are times when you pray very diligently and earnestly for something. There may even be times when it seems that you have great hope of receiving what you are praying for. There are signs or partial conformation that you will receive the answer you are looking for. But if the answer to your prayer doesn’t materialize, understand that God’s will and purpose is ultimately what you want. Be content that God knows best and maybe it was just not meant to be.

That’s Life!

Paul

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We Eliminate What We Can’t Stand To Live With

There are some things we just can’t stand to live with. We will even try to eliminate them when we can.

we eliminate what we can't stand to live with

This morning I went out to our deck to write my blog. Up at the corner of our roof and awning was a massive spider web. There was no spider; he had already fled the scene, but had left behind a masterpiece.

It was impressive, not only the size of the web, but the intricacies of the creation. Spider webs are proportionately stronger than steel – which is pretty amazing when you think about it. 

I was fascinated with it so I called my wife, Lily, to come out to see it. I kind of chuckled when I called her because she doesn’t have a good relationship with spiders.

Remember the 80’s movie series that included Raiders of the Lost Ark? Harrison Ford played Indiana Jones, a professor and ancient artifact hunter. Indiana would get himself into all kinds of dangerous and horrifying situations. He would walk boldly into death-defying circumstances. But the one thing he hated and was afraid of was snakes. 

Well, Lily and Indiana are much alike except Lily hates and is afraid of spiders. Oh, and she’s not an ancient artifact hunter either. 

One time when she was in Thailand she swears she saw a big man-eating spider in the bathroom. She screamed and ran down the hall to her bedroom. And the spider, she says, ended up on the back of her bedroom door. 

She has never returned to Thailand … I’m just saying. 

You get the idea; Lily is not a fan of spiders. 

So when I showed her this beautiful spider web, her first words were, “that’s gross”. She told me that the web had to go right that minute, “eliminate it”. 

Lily grabbed a nearby broom and approached the spider web. There was no hesitation, no real thought involved in her decision. She was not going to live with a spider web in her vicinity. It didn’t matter how interesting the pattern looked, she wasn’t going to coexist with it. 

I’m pretty sure that many people would have much the same reaction. For some people it’s spiders, for others it might be mosquitos. 

Those people don’t just put on bug spray to keep the mosquitos away. They buy big catchers that emanate a blue light to entice the mosquitoes to their ultimate demise. Those people are not just interested in not being stung, they have a real desire to eliminate all mosquitos from the world.

… So back to Lily and her spider web. 

Well, she got up on a chair and just before she demoed the web she marvelled at its structure. She even expressed some sadness in the elimination of the web. 

And with that the spider web was gone and so were a few other smaller ones nearby. 

As she spun that broom around she said, “There better not be spiders in heaven!” 

Here’s the thing: There is one thing that God refuses to live with and that is sin. Sin is anything that misses the mark of God’s intent and purpose for us. But the amazing thing is that God made a way for us all to deal with our sin and be able to live with God in heaven. He sent Jesus to pay for our sin. Take God up on His provision and His desire that no one be refused to live with Him in heaven.

That’s Life!

Paul

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A Taste Of Something Good Is Never Enough

We’ve all experienced a taste of something and then wanted more.

a taste of something good is never enough

Sometimes you can get more, but there are times when you are left with only a taste. 

That’s frustrating.

Recently when I was at a wedding reception, the waiters brought around appetizer finger foods while we waited for the bride and groom to show up.

I got to try one item that was offered me and it was very good. But as quickly as the waiter brought the little morsel, she disappeared with her tray and those bites of whatever they were. 

To be fair, it was getting near dinner time and I was a little peckish. A one-bite of anything was not going to cut it for me. But I sure liked those little, crispy, rolled things dipped in a sweet, tangy sauce.

Shortly after my taste buds had been perked, I spied another waiter with a tray. I moseyed over, but she had some asparagus thing wrapped in a seaweed-like twine.  

I passed on that one and kept looking for that one waiter who had the food that I wanted more of. 

Have you been there? You got a taste of something but really wanted more? 

A little over a month ago I got an inflatable stand up paddle board for my birthday. About a month later, after some anticipation, I finally got my paddle board up to our cottage. I inflated it and was excited to take it down to the beach and get it into the water.

That first try was great. I got tossed off the board multiple times – some spectacular wipeouts – and it was probably a little too wavy to try for the first time, but I didn’t care; I was having fun. 

We all gave it a shot, I tried it, my daughter, Karlie, and her husband and Lily all gave it a go. We had a wonderful afternoon on the water. 

I would have gone back the next day, but I had gotten a little too much sun so I needed to press pause for a day or two. In the mean time, I had to figure out where I would store this giant surf board that is fifteen feet long. 

I bought some hooks and mounted them on the side of our deck. I had no sooner placed the board on the hooks and turned around to get something when I heard a loud balloon-like pop. … Well, it wasn’t a balloon; it was my paddle board! 

One month waiting to use it, one day of using it and I was left with a taste of something that I wanted more of. 

Now I couldn’t have more. 

Replacing it meant hours of driving and more waiting, but we finally got a new one. 

I sure hope I don’t get just another taste, but instead get the full experience. 

Here’s the thing: There are times when we truly experience God’s love. We feel it, sense it, can even describe it. But then the hardships of life come and we wonder where God’s love is. We want to feel more of it, not just a taste of it. God is not far off. He is with you no matter what hardship you are experiencing. Keep seeking Him and giving yourself to Him and you will find what you are looking for – more of God’s love.

That’s Life!

Paul

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Write Things Down Or You Will Be Sorry

You should just write things down when you hear them or you may lose them forever.

write things down or you will be sorry

… I know some of you are thinking that you have great memories and don’t have to write things down to recall them later. But it is true that when you get older your memory fails at times. 

Writing things down makes up for the reduced functioning of our older brain cells.

Even younger people with good minds at times can’t keep track of all the things they need to do. That’s why we have to-do lists and to-do apps.

Sometimes there is just so much to keep track of that our brains can’t juggle all those balls without dropping one or two of them. And if you’ve ever seen a juggling act, when the juggler loses one or two balls, all the balls go flying.

For me I have a running to-do list – actually I have an app that contains many things I have to do on a repeated schedule.

I can look at the app and see the things I have before me. I can also add to that to-do list and it can keep me focussed on accomplishing the things I want … without having to rack my brain to remember what else was on my mental list for the day.

However, there have been times – and we’ve all had them – when we forget to do something because it didn’t make it to the list.

There have been times when I’ve been late paying a bill because I forgot to give Lily the invoice. I thought I could remember to do it later in the day but I forgot and then it was gone from my memory. 

Before I started writing things down, I would sometimes forget promises I made. 

One time a guy came into the church looking for some food. I told him I had to go out at noon, would pick up a grocery store gift card then, and he should come back later in the afternoon.

Well, I forgot to write it down and when he showed up, I had no card. I drove him to the grocery store right then and got him a card. 

Now I write things down so I’m not caught in that situation again. 

But the other day something happened and Lily said to me, “That’s a great blog idea.” 

I thought, “Ya, I could write a blog about that.” 

Well, I didn’t write the idea down; I thought I could remember it. But three days later, I’m writing a blog post about not writing things down.

I can’t remember what that idea was. And Lil? She can’t remember either. 

She even washed her hands of it. She said “I mentioned it to you because I knew I would forget about it. And once I told you, I let it go from my mind.” 

It was a really good blog idea, but it is gone forever. You all are missing out on a good one.

Here’s the thing: Sometimes you can read a verse in the Bible that really speaks to you. It was like it was there just for you, at that precise time. Don’t trust your memory to remember that important word from God. Write it down, record what God said to you, so you can recall it later and benefit from it again and again. 

That’s Life!

Paul

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Your Reaction May Not Be The Best Reaction

Sometimes the best reaction to something is no reaction at all, to not get worked up one way or the other. 

your reaction may not be the best reaction

Now, of course, there are times when a quick reaction to something is required.

When you are told of a horrible accident, you react right away with emotion that fits the situation. If someone falls down, you react quickly to help them up.

A few years ago while I was playing hockey, one of the guys went down around the net. By the way he fell down everyone could tell this was no trip or fall. The guys immediately poured off the bench and went to his aid. 

He was having a heart attack and you should have seen the reaction – it was instantaneous. Guys started working on him immediately, others went looking for the defibrillator paddles. Someone grabbed a phone to call 911. 

That was a visible, quick reaction … but there are times you can’t tell someone’s reaction.

During covid when everyone was wearing masks, it was really hard to determine reactions when talking to people. You had to look at their eyes to see if possibly there was a smile behind the mask. It was very difficult to tell.

I wonder if during this time people were less funny or less dramatic because they couldn’t tell another person’s reaction to them.

Then there is something that always causes a reaction but should never produce a desire in us to react: weather forecasts. 

Weather people are trained to give us the information to get a reaction.

These people want us reacting to good weather like we just scored a goal, high-fiving everyone around. They want us to be down in the dumps if the weather is not going to be very good.

They want us in a puddle of despondency over a forecast of rain and high winds for the next seven days. 

But really, the best way to react to the weather forecast – on TV or an app or on your phone – is to just have no reaction.

They are wrong so often it not worth the effort to react one way or the other. You get yourself all excited or all upset for probably nothing. 

This week our daughter and her husband were planning to come to our cottage for a couple of days. 

My wife, Lily, checked her weather app to plan our time together. The forecast was for rain the whole time they were scheduled to be here. 

Lily was immediately disappointed. My response was, “Don’t worry about it; just wait.” 

Sure enough, there was no rain that night and we woke up the next day to sunshine and warm temperatures. 

If the weather people knew we were not reacting to their weather information maybe they would stop trying to play with our emotions and just focus on getting their weather predictions correct.

Here’s the thing: When something bad happens in our lives, we are quick to look for who to blame. A lot of the times God gets the blame. We ask God a lot of “why” questions, with a whiny, “poor me” attitude. Don’t be quick to react to the bad things in your life. Take them in stride, take them to God and allow Him to inform your reaction. 

That’s Life!

Paul

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The Last Time Had Some Mixed Emotions

The “last time” are words that signal the end of something.

the last time had some mixed emotions

Sometimes the last time is pleasant because we know we don’t have to do that again. 

… Like when you are moving furniture, it’s been hot and you’re all sweaty and tired. You’ve been bringing boxes and furniture into the house for some time. When you walk into that moving van for the last time, it’s a good feeling that it’s the last time. 

But there are times when the last time is not such a happy thing.

… When your vacation is coming to an end and you look out of the window of your Airbnb at the ocean and beach before you. You wish you had an extra week or even just a few more days, but this is the last time you are looking at that emerald blue water and that fine white sand. That is not as happy a last time.

But then the last time can be both sad and happy all at the same time. 

… A funeral of someone who lived a good life and had strong faith in Christ Jesus is one of those times. There is much sadness that can’t be denied, but there is also a joy of knowing that that old saint is with the Lord in heaven. When one walks away from the grave site for the last time there is mixed emotions of sadness and joy. 

Last week my wife, Lily, and I attended our denomination’s General Assembly. We gather every two years to conduct business, elect leaders and committee members. This year Assembly was in Alberta in the city I started pastoring in.

This was probably my last time attending this conference. As I will be moving into retirement sometime soon, I most likely won’t be back. 

For Lily and I, it was a week of last times – possibly the last time we will get out to Edmonton, or last time we will see some of the colleagues we’ve pastored with over the years, including some who we went to school with. 

It may be the last time we ever visit our first church, Beulah Alliance, and see the faces of the people who enriched our lives, brought us joy and made us smile so many years ago. 

But unlike leaving a vacation spot earlier than you want to, we have the joy of memories that fill our hearts and will never leave us. 

To reacquaint ourselves with those we shared life with a long time ago was pure joy. To see how some have blossomed and some have aged well like fine wine was a delight. It will fuel our memories for years to come; pictures, videos and social media posts will just fan the flame of our memories to new heights. 

When you really think about it, the last time for something is never really the last time. It might be in a physical sense but we have experiences that we shared and those memories don’t ever leave us. 

It was so good to make that trip out west last week. 

Here’s the thing: With your own life, you don’t know when the last time will be for you. To ensure that you have joy, hope and no regrets when that last time comes, be sure to give Jesus control of your life. Not only will you have peace knowing that heaven lies ahead, but your loved ones will have comfort knowing where you will be.

That’s Life!

Paul

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Knowing Why Really Helps Us Make Decisions

There are times when you are presented with something and you only have one response – WHY? 

knowing why really helps us make decisions

It’s because whatever you’re presented with doesn’t make sense or it provides no help or purpose.

The other day I was handed a ham sandwich (that was delicious, by the way). In the sandwich, along with the ham and the lettuce, there was cheese. The particular variety of cheese in the sandwich was brie. 

As I was eating the sandwich, I asked my wife, Lily, what kind of cheese it was. When she told me, I said, “Why would they bother to put that cheese in the sandwich? It doesn’t have any taste.” 

Some may say that the cheese added texture to the sandwich, but really it didn’t make any difference to the sandwich whatsoever. 

I like to know the reason why people do things or why something is the way it is. In fact, it is always good to know the reason why … although one can get carried away. 

I once was trapped in a car with a five year old asking his father question after question without stopping. This boy’s questions were random, concerning everything his eyes gazed on inside and outside the car we were traveling in. 

When the child asked his dad why the sky was blue, I realized then that I was not the only one in the car who was tired of the incessant questions. 

The boy’s father answered him, “Just because, Richard; just because!”

And, with that, the questions stopped. 

I couldn’t help but think, “Why didn’t he give that kind of answer to the third question instead of the 20th?!” 

There is something inside us that wants to know why – why things exist, why we do things that way. 

I remember hearing a story about a woman who always cut off the end of the roast when she put it in the roasting pan. Her daughter grew up and one day asked her mom why she cut the end off the roast. Her mom answered, “I do it because that is how my mother cooked it.” 

So they asked Gramma why she used to cut off the end of the roast before putting it in the oven. Gramma replied, “because it was too big for my pot”. 

It’s good to know why; it helps us make decisions. 

This past week we rented a car while travelling. They gave us two sets of keys. When they handed me the keys, they were joined together by a wire that would require wire cutters or a bolt cutter to separate. 

We got two sets of keys but could only use them as one. 

If they didn’t want us to separate the keys, why not just give us one set? If we lost one, we’d lose both. 

Personally, one set fit better in my pocket than two. Having two car keys was a pain. 

I saw absolutely no reason to keep those keys together.

When I asked the guy at the rental counter, he didn’t really have an answer. He just shrugged his shoulders and gave me a wry smile. 

… Maybe he should ask his grandmother. 

Here’s the thing: There are many things in this world that we do not have the answer to. We don’t know the why. But we do know why Christ came to this world and gave His live for our sins. It’s because He loves us. We should remember that “why” when we think of our response to Christ and His offer of salvation. 

That’s Life!

Paul

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My Stuff Has A Diabolical Plan To Take Over My Life

It’s not hard to grasp how easily stuff can pile up and become a problem.

my stuff has a diabolical plan to take over my life

We’ve probably all seen those shows about hoarders. People who only have paths through their homes because their stuff is piled up in every room.

It certainly hasn’t come to that in our home, but I’m seeing how stuff can begin to take over. I’d like to say it’s just at home, but honestly stuff is spilling over at my office as well. 

Some people are naturally neat. They just put things away after they use them. They have a place for everything and it always goes back there. It’s possible that these people have attained to a higher state of being than the rest of us, but it’s more likely that they have other issues that compel them to do what they do. 

For me it happens slowly, one thing at a time. The clutter begins when one thing doesn’t have a place or I don’t have time to put something away. 

I’m not making excuses here, just observations. 

Once one thing doesn’t get back to where it belongs, it kind of opens the door for more things to hang out where they don’t belong. 

In my office, it starts when I don’t know where to put a piece of paper. I realize I’ll need it later so I leave it out as a visible reminder. 

Sometimes I don’t have a file for it or know what I would file it under. The end result is it stays on my desk … and the pile or piles begin. 

On my computer, I’m sometimes in a hurry and don’t put documents I’m working on in a folder … which means they sit on my desktop. Before too long my desktop is filled with un-filed documents, pictures, pdfs and more.

Because one piece of paper or one document doesn’t look messy, you don’t see the disaster that is coming. 

Right now I’m looking at my family room and there is an amplifier for my son’s guitar sitting in a corner. … My son hasn’t lived here for six years, plus he now has an apartment-sized amp for his guitar. 

I originally thought that I might plug my acoustic guitar into it, but that has only happened a few times in those six years. So there it sits and, on top of it, a mic and a few cords. 

That’s just one thing. 

As I scan the room, there are several things – my stuff – that need to be put away, disposed of in some way, or I need to find a place to store them. 

And then there is my roll top desk. That is where I secretly hoard old computer stuff. In this secret place I have hidden away hard drives, cords, cables, disks, CD’s and many things that can’t even plug into a computer anymore. 

If my roll top desk is ever opened up, I am concerned that it would take over the whole basement and I would be left walking on paths to get around my stuff.

Here’s the thing: Not only can we keep physical things hanging around so that they pile up in our homes, we can also keep hurts, sin, unforgiveness and anger piled up in our lives. Just like you have to take action to clear the clutter from your computer, you must take action with the stuff that builds up in your life. The best way to deal with all that is to take it to God and allow Him to help you get your life uncluttered. 

That’s Life!

Paul

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