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The bible describes trust in many ways and I do not have time today to discuss them all but I will give you a very brief list Trust to me means trusting God to do His job instead of trying to take the matter into your own...

My husband and I differed on the subject of breastfeeding. He was so incredibly supportive during the first year, I can’t say enough about it. After which point, he wanted to try weaning him away from the breast. Against,...

I’ve been a Christian for around 22 years and one thing I love about being a Christian is the churches I get to visit. These people are inclusive and kind, offer unconditional care and respect and love you for who you are...

In the bible Jesus says, Matthew 6:22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then...

Ecclesiastes 7:16 Says those who are overly righteous or overly wise destroy themselves So what does that mean? To me, being overly righteous, means you rely on your own effort, exertion and self-absorbed social devices...

Four days after his due date, my son latched beautifully for the first time. He nursed like a pro from that day forward. To this day, I always say that if he could have chosen his own birthday, he would have been 4 days...

Hey Gaggers I'm back with another Mytake I've been gone for a minute but I'm back! Please enjoy and respect each other's opinions thanks for reading .😘 Guys that get offended by this....you know your guilty. 1. The in...

We get enough disapproval from strangers and our spouses and our in laws and our distant relatives. We do not need it from you too. Breastfeeding did not come easy for my son and I. My son was due on December 25, but my...

The bible says you shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk, and the way I interpret that verse is, you should not add insult to injury, meaning when somebody falls down, you don’t stomp on their knees so that...

In Psalms 41 of the bible, it says Psalm 41 1 Blessed is he who has regard for the weak; the LORD delivers him in times of trouble. 2 The LORD will protect him and preserve his life; he will bless him in the land and not...

When I was 20 years old, a stalker hacked into my email account and impersonated me online to over 600 people on my contact list, and when the stalker Ed learned I had discovered his identity, he tried to protect...

Jesus said nobody lights a lamp and hides it under a bushel but they put it on its stand and it gives light to everyone in the house. The way I understand that verse is you should be confident in your obedience to God,...

One thing I’ve noticed in successful people who are among the ultra elite is that they are excellent at predicting the future. In the 2000s or 1990s, Bill Gates already predicted that a pandemic could change the shape of...

What I really want to talk about right now is grief. The grief we feel when friends, family, mentors or people we care about die. I want to talk about the grief we feel when someone we don't care about, or don't want to...

When I was interested in earning money to buy luxuries for myself like crab legs or art supplies or vacations or iced wine, I would struggle like crazy and not be able to come with a good business idea, like squeezing...

The bible says not to be fear deceivers because there is no secret people try to hide that will not be revealed to the world Years ago a sick minded person with a very high iq pretended to be virtuous and attracted a very...

This month, I’ve questioned whether somebody was trying to sabotage my life due to extremely untrue comments they had made about me to some influential people in my life, and not knowing how to delete what they said, I...

A doctor I was friends with in university said our personalities are like flames burning in a home, they can’t be hidden because the smoke will always reveal your secret. The bible says people who do good acts of charity...

Dealing in death care day in and day out is not all gloom and sadness. We sometimes get thank you cards and letters from children, usually on one of the thank you cards we furnish families (to write notes to those who...

I'm going to try to make a series of short(ish) takes on why relationships fail, based on what I've learned from my own failures in my own marriage. To start us off I want to talk about Keeping Score. Relationships...