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Pug was a mutt! The only way he could be considered a pure-breed is if the CKC suddenly had a category for Heinz 57. Pug's mother was a mutt and his father was a traveling man. Pug was quite happy in his mutt-ish state and his owner loved him very much - but he was...
I glanced down at the gas gauge for the hundredth time in the past ten minutes. The needle seemed to be plummeting downwards, and with each passing kilometer, it came nearer to its final resting point: "E". Under normal circumstances this might not have been a...
I just recently discovered a miracle food, the sweet, succulent pineapple. The first part of the miracle is this......I was unable to afford to buy them until recently when they were on sale at Winn Dixie for $1.99 a piece. I was in Hawaiian Heaven until I discovered...
"Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes." (Ephesians 6:11 NIV) In the Old Testament we read about a well known Biblical character, David. He was just a young shepherd boy when he volunteered to fight an enemy, the...
When we struggled financially, our greatest extravagance was to cook a leg of lamb for Christmas dinner. We could imagine nothing more privileged than to have such a meal in our frugal household and Christmas was made the more special because of this one extravagance....
It had been three weeks since I had done any proper grocery shopping, and as I pulled the grocery cart out of the storage area it occurred to me that I would probably end up filling it all the way to the top. Except for the child seat, that is. That was the area I...
I was pet sitting my family’s 13 birds while they were on vacation last summer. We had gotten ourselves down to a regular routine, and this one morning, after the ‘out of cage’ period for my little feathered friends, it was, once again, ‘find, sort and return to cage’...
When David was appointed king, his mandate of anointing still preserved him as a servant. David still served his father until such time that he took the throne. However, the one who called him to soothe him, was the one who wanted to eradicate him. Saul was at first,...
In last week's lesson on faith from the Hebrews 11:24-27, we learned that when we are within God's will, it doesn't matter what bad things happen to us on this earth, because we can trust that God will provide us with an ultimate Heavenly reward. Now let's go on to...
(Whether a parent yourself, or a grandparent, an aunt, an uncle, a neighbor, a teacher, a scout leader, or whatever your role in the lives of the children around you, this important series will give you valuable tips on how to influence those kids for the Lord! To...
How often haven't we all wished for a crystal ball? Something we could look into to see the future and use as a basis for our decisions? As humans we are often faced with major decisions, and any serious Christian desires to follow God's will. But how can you know...
"It seems to me that there is some plague in the house . . ." (Lev 14:34-36); "If any clothing is contaminated with mildew - any woolen or linen clothing . . . It is a spreading mildew and must be shown to the priest." (Lev 13:47, 49 NIV) It's pretty strange to worry...
Why did Joseph do all those confusing things to his ten brothers? So far as they were concerned, the heinous sin of their earlier years was a prank of immaturity, a mere peccadillo of youth. It was a long way away from where they were at now, they had grown up and had...