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Dogs and Grace

My grown daughter recently noted that she had never lived in a home without a dog. It reminded me that statistics show raising children with pets helps them learn responsibility and kindness. And adults with dogs generally live seven years longer and are less lonely …

About Vicki Huffman

Writer / Editorial Board. National award-winning journalist Vicki Huffman's latest book is Soon to Come: The Revelation of Jesus Christ. It is a verse by verse exposition of the only purely prophetical book in the New Testament. Her other five books are: The Jesus Moses Knew: How to See Christ in the Old Testament; A Secret Hope (novel); Still Looking: Finding the Peace of God in Job Loss; Plus Living: Looking for Joy in All the Right Places, and The Best of Times. All are available in print and e-book on amazon.com. Vicki is a national award-winning author who has taught the Bible for many years. She was an editor for several Christian publishing houses, including Thomas Nelson and David C. Cook Ministries.

Chili & God’s Grace

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To say my youngest son Colson is a finicky eater is to say Argentina was excited when their countryman became pope this spring. I don’t know how Pope Francis would have handled a child excusing himself from the dinner table to go to the restroom …

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Crafted by God

by Page Hughes

I heard a pastor during his sermon tell the story of a young boy who worked hard to make a beautiful sail boat. He handcrafted the wood to make it smooth and watertight. He painted the boat with his favorite colors and made a sail …

About Page Hughes

Page Hughes is a Jesus loving party girl who is always ready to have fun! She has been married to Dr. Les Hughes for almost 40 years and they reside in Alabaster, Alabama. Les and Page have been blessed with 4 amazing children and 11 fabulous grand children who are the source of many great illustrations. Page loves people well through ministering to their hurts, cooking delicious meals, and partying with the purpose of leading others to a deeper relationship with Jesus. Page’s goal in life is to go to heaven when she dies and take as many people as she can with her.

Giving Grace

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“We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.” {Romans 15:1] It was one of those moments that you wish could last forever—evening was closing in as dusk dimmed the light of day. I stood in …

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Accepting My Pesky Imperfections

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I spoke. She took notes. Toward the end of our session, she asked, “What is the most important thing you said today?” I said many things in that hour-and-a-half. But to pick one and have to repeat it? I pondered her question aloud: “What is …

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Ketchup and Mustard, Please

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I stretched my hair net over my curls, washed my hands, and put on gloves. As I walked to the serving station, my eyes scanned the room. Raining and storming outside. A couple hundred people inside. People. Young. Old. Black. White. Down on their luck. …

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Lord, Help My Unbelief!

by Page Hughes

So they brought him. When the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth. Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has he been like this?” “From childhood,” he answered. …

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Faithful Grace

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And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” (II Corinthians 12:9) Every morning when my feet touch the floor I humbly thank God for another day that He’s given me to be up and …

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His Grace Can Heal

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“I am my beloved’s And his desire is toward me.” Song of Solomon 7:10 Keeping the main thing the main thing means accepting ourselves as we are—but we are often more concerned with creating a self-improvement program for others than accepting our own weakness. Our …

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God’s Grace Teaches Us to Say ‘No’

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” For the grace of God that brings salvation…teaches us to say “No”… [Titus 2:11] To grow anything requires order…have you ever tried to plant something in the ground and then expect it to grow…no preparation…no fertilizer…no thought of sun or shade? I have…it doesn’t …

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