Whew! It was tough, but we got it done. Instead of waiting till Spring, we launched into cleaning out the garage and the attic. It seemed like a good time -- it was the right temperature, we were going to have to put away the Christmas stuff anyway, and all of us were home. Sure, it was a big, dirty, ugly job, but we launched into it.
We've gotten rid of a bunch of junk that we were saving for no apparent reason. Anything that hasn't been used in several years is now gone. We either threw it away or set it aside for a resale shop. No more tripping over it. No more arguing about it. No more letting it clutter up our lives. Our garage and attic are neat, clean, and uncluttered. It's a minor miracle.
I sit and think of what I used to be. It wasn't me it was what everyone else wanted to see. I had to change to fit in the crowd. My kindness and unbroken rules were not allowed.
Soon drugs were my only option to be cool. But now I can only think that I was such a fool. I was a fool to not do what I knew was right. I gave-in to soon and thought that I had lost the fight.
But now I realize that the devil didn't win! For I have repented of every sin. I did what is good again when I turned to the Lord. He became exactly what I wanted and
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I was a day care provider & there was a child in my care named Jason-that God used to continue my journey with God. Jason was only 4 years old-but he knew how to pray. Jason started praying for me & asked his dad to pray too.
I can still remember the phone ringing & Jason saying, "Kim will you come to church with me?" Of course I agreed to go. Jason asked me to church every Wednesday & Sunday.
One day Jason asked me, "Have you been baptized?" I explained to him I was baptized as a baby. Jason told his dad & his dad made arrangements to study with me. For the
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I was a day care provider & there was a child in my care named Jason-that God used to continue my journey with God. Jason was only 4 years old-but he knew how to pray. Jason started praying for me & asked his dad to pray too.
I can still remember the phone ringing & Jason saying, "Kim will you come to church with me?" Of course I agreed to go. Jason asked me to church every Wednesday & Sunday.
One day Jason asked me, "Have you been baptized?" I explained to him I was baptized as a baby. Jason told his dad & his dad made arrangements to study with me. For the
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At the age of ten, I did not know a thing about the Lord
and all of his glory. The year of my fifth grad I had gotten the worst
news ever, my mother had cancer. I remember when my brother asked the
question that made my heart jump, he asked "Mom, can you die from
this?" In her answer she replied that it could kill her, but God
will be with her every step of the way.
My mother ended up passing away only months after. I was so scared to
be a girl without a motherly figure around. I told my father that I wanted
to attend a church whenever we got settled into our new house that we
had moved into, just after my mothers death. He agreed, but it was so
hard adjusting, that all we had time to do was worry.
My father started to date, and soon after I had a step-mother. She attended
the First Church of God, in which now I attend. I started to attend there
once in a while, whenever I had time. Now, I can't miss a chance to be
in the house o
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On Good Friday, 1994, just before midnight, my telephone
rang. On the line was my brother, he told me that my 16 year old nephew,
Dustin, had just died in a car wreck. Instantly my heart felt like it
was in my stomach. My brother told me that there wasn’t any need for
me to come down that night and I told him I would see him in the morning.
I then told my wife and can remember crying in her arms.
The next morning, as I drove the 22 miles to my hometown,
it just felt like a dream. I just kept thinking of my sister and how
she must be handling this tragedy. As I walked into the house, I hugged
my sister and told her how very sorry I was. As the day went on, I just
watched her and her husband and kept thinking of my children, Ryan,
who is one and a half months older than Dustin, and my daughter Tara.
I couldn’t imagine losing either of them and how would I handle such
a situation; they mean so much to me. My brother and I went
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