2012

“Show for what, Todd? That’s a pretty abstract opening for a blog. You do want me to read your post, don’t you?” Excuse my momentary lapse of reason. I only meant to make the point that what I’m sharing with you today can apply to almost…
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God knows how to reach me right where I live. He communicates to me through that which I enjoy most. When I’m feeling most alive, his message comes through loud and clear. Unfortunately, I've not been always been receptive to His message.…
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Ok, I may have just gone off the deep end. 2 slices of ice cream cake to celebrate my employer’s 75th Anniversary! DQ ™ blizzard cake with Heath ™ and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups ™ mixed in. Mmmmm…so good. Not to mention Italian food for…
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There are no coincidences in God's vast universe. Things that happen to us many years ago take on significant meaning in the here and now. The significance can affect us in either a positive or a negative way. Tony Robbins speaks often…
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This came to me after a day of getting angry at seemingly little things and laying around depressed over my failure to control my emotions. You may call them hot buttons, I refer to them as pet peeves. They're the little things that…
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No man is an island unto himself. Sound familiar? For a long time I believed I could heal myself through putting into practice the things I’d read about personal development. I studied and I understood what I was studying (thought I did…
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He also loves mushy bananas and browning apples, or so I've been told. So I just caught that no good low life (the devil, that is) trying to start a pity party in my head. He really thought he could convince me to be bitter over my…
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The title came to me while pouring a cup of coffee in the break room at work. God works in such mysteriously and unpredictable ways. If He were predictable we’d hardly be in awe of Him, right? As I've become more self-aware over the past…
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***Spoiler Alert*** If you've never seen any of the Spider Man movies or read the comic books, I give away a central plot element of how Peter Parker matures into the web-slinging crime fighter. Let the reader beware... Jack and I went to…
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Hello friends, MercyMe's #1 hit, The Hurt and The Healer, title track from their latest album has really been speaking to me the last few days. No matter how hurt we are, how low we've sunk or what parts of us feel completely lifeless all…
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Friends, This song blew me away the first time I heard it, then I found an acoustic version on YouTube. Wow! God is so good to me. He knows what I'm searching for and he's so awesome at sending things my way to help me in the search. I…
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Hey friends, This song, for me, is all about renewal. I'd been listening to it on K-Love for awhile and watching a live version on YouTube but I just watched the video for the song for the first time. It really hits home about some things…
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Hey friends, Sometimes we have to push our own buttons to get into the right frame of mind to receive what the Holy Spirit has for us. Music soothes the savage beast, or so it's said. Well I'm no savage beast but I do love music. It speaks…
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I've been listening to K-Love for a while now. Doesn't feel strange to say that anymore. Five years ago – three even – there's no way you'd have caught me listening to a Christian radio station. Now, the dial never leaves 97.3 FM, our…
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