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“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life i..

A time of crisis is not just a time of anxiety and worry. It gives a chance, an opportunity, to choose well or to choose badly. If we have loved well while we were alive, there is life after death here—our live will go on for generations. I'm coming to believe more and more in the truth that everything we do has consequences. A good deed doesn't just evaporate and disappear. To forgive is not..

V-A-L-E-N-T-I-N-E... A friend sent an early 'Valentine' to see if it it will make it around the world by Feb.14th. 'For God so loVed the world That He gAve His onLy BegottEn SoN That whosoever Believeth In Him Should Not perish, But have Everlasting life.' John 3:16 Send it around the World God loves you, and I do too!! From Amanda

On Tuesday, a catastrophic earthquake struck near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The full extent of the damage is still being assessed, but the death toll -- already in the thousands -- is climbing fast. This is the worst earthquake to hit the area in more than 200 years. Entire communities have been ripped apart and as many as 3 million people have been directly affected, including tens of thousands o..

All my best wishes that this holiday season is warm and festive for you and your loved ones. It is a time for us to count our blessings and to appreciate the love and support. I look forward to the New Year and to praying you make many many blessed moments coming your way! Merry Jolly Christmas & Happy Happy Holiday

Renew your faith at Christmas But the angel said to them, "... I bring you good news of greatjoy that will be for all the people." Luke 2:10 Knowing that Christmastime is God's chosen time teaches us that Christmas is the time for us to renew our faith. We need not fear God because of the Good News of Christ's arrival; it is a Good News meant to "bring great joy to all people." (Luke 2:10) What..

Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio "To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written. My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:" 1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good. 2. When in doubt, just take the next small step. 3. Life is too short to waste t..

Book Three CHRISTIAN BEHAVIOUR 9. Charity I said in an earlier chapter that there were four "Cardinal" virtues and three "Theological" virtues. The three Theological ones are Faith, Hope, and Charity. Faith is going to be dealt with in the last two chapters. Charity was partly dealt with in Chapter 7, but there I concentrated on that part of Charity which is called Forgiveness. I now want to ad..