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IN THE BEGINNING... what?

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Genesis The first book of the Bible - God's holy Word - depicts what we as Christians think of as the beginning . There is nothing before  those first words are spoken. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth . It's the very first  verse* of the Bible*  - one that in only a few words begins an entire history. One that we - of the so-called modern age - actually don't know everything about. Sure, we have artifacts and ruins discovered over centuries, but we can't place ourselves there . We never experienced the Flood, nor the Crucifiction and Ressurection. We weren't there for Jesus' birth, His life, nor anything before or after that. But the Lord provided us with His own records, so that we might learn and know and understand the truth. 2 Timothy 3:16-17: " All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every ...
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Writing - is it meant for me?

Questions Abound I can't help asking myself WHY  I write ? So I've been writing  for years. After my TBI, however, that diminished drastically . But then... I still try doing it, but I have much more difficulty doing what I claim to love . And yet I keep trying . It's not like I could be doing dozens of other things with my life, but I don't appear to be making that much progress in this area. I started my writing obsession  pretty young. I was still in grade school the first time I wrote a story. It was, of course, a school assignment, but I invested myself in doing it. For several years after that, I did my best to succeed in school, it being a French  environment since we moved to Quebec, Canada when I was heading into third grade. I'm honestly a bit surprised that I was able to get as far into my schooling without  having to attend Summer school. The one year that I did, Math  was the reason. Not surprising, really, since I've never been too good w...
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ETERNITY MATTERS

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  So many people use the excuse that Christianity isn't their religion  so they aren't "forced" to attend a Baptist church. Except faith in Christ isn't   just a religion . It's a way of life. When Christ enters into a person's heart, it's eternity  being given to you because you're replacing the faulty human  blood with His pure LIFE . His death on the cross ±2000 years ago isn't a myth. There are way too many stories that have been going around and spreading for centuries for that to be fact. IMO, "a myth" is something that can't be unequivocally proven. God's Word alone  is proof of these so-called "myths". It's stood the test of time, remaining the same for centuries. Even millenia . Today, scientists are trying - to the best of their human ability  - to prolong life. Artificially . But even if they're able to do it for one person , another might not be a success story. However, Jesus' salvation is ...
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THE IMPORTANCE OF FRIENDS

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WHEN TIMES GET TOUGH... ... and giving up is all you want. Recently, I lost a wonderful friend. She had health issues for the last decade or so - I'm really not 100% certain how long - but I thought things were getting better. Anyway, she died last week, and I can only wonder what was going through her mind at the time. To be honest, I'm not sure I really  want to know. Then again, it might give me some kind of closure. Though I'm not certain I really need any. We hadn't been super close for a while now. I'm actually not certain if I could have done anything more than I already did. Her sister told me she loved the little gifts I made and gave her last year. And her mom said she enjoyed the time we spent together. But I still can't help asking myself if I could have done more.  She may have been surrounded by people who loved her, but it could have helped  that I go visit with her a little more than I did.
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Intro to MOI - #1

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 It's taken me quite some time - mostly doodling on WordPress before coming over here - to actually begin working on this blog. I'm not even sure if I'll completely forget about WordPress, but this will at least be a place where I can do something  that's blog-related. When I was 16 I thought I had most of my life figured out. I didn't. It turns out life had some twists and turns for which I hadn't prepared myself. You know the saying "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade"? That was how I was raised, but that's not how I thought for a long time. Even now - 20 years after the terrible twist  that altered my and my family's lives forever - I'm still  adjusting. My parents are, as well. My brothers both moved away a few years ago, so they don't have to deal with me on a daily basis. A part of me wants to get really mad at them for leaving my parents alone to deal with me. Or for leaving me  alone to deal with them . But we're mana...
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