It’s time again to ring in a new year and make our resolutions. Yet only rarely do we manage to keep them. Both experience and statistics show this. So if you also fail to keep yours, take heart. You are not alone! Many of us have made them, only to feel discouraged or even guilty for not sticking to them.
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I recently read an article marking the anniversary of C.S. Lewis’ death in November 1963. Many mourned his passing. But for his part, he was ready for his departure. During his final days he made the following memorable declaration: “I have done all I wanted to do, and I’m ready to go.” What a blessed state to live, and die, in!
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One by one we watched them leave, quite often heart-broken, usually discouraged. But always leaving a big chunk of their hearts behind them. Graveyard life did them in, and it’s no surprise. It’s often dark and gloomy, oppressive and crushing.
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I love espresso. But that’s normal. I’ve lived in Italy for over 30 years! But what I really want is an Espresso Faith! Not in the sense of being fast and easy, because a life of real faith is never a life free from problems.
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When little Lucas started first grade, he didn’t seem to see it as a big deal. And failed to understand why his parents and others were treating it as such. Until that is, his parents woke him the next morning too.
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Christ stated that he is the Alpha and the Omega. The first and last letters of the Greek language, in common use at that time. So he was saying that he is both the beginning and the end. Not only do all things begin and end with him, but that they will continue in him for all eternity.
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Signora Sheila 