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Learning versus Education

Posted on May 12, 2013 by

Reblogged from Antiquarian Anabaptist: I found the wooden alphabet block with the letter I wanted and added it to the row that was beginning to spell my name — R O B E R T  G O O D N … Continue reading →

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Changing Times, Changeless God

Posted on May 7, 2013 by

Reblogged from Antiquarian Anabaptist: Do we long for the good old days when life was simpler?  Was there really such a time? One of my forefathers left England 375 years ago because the law required him to attend his local … Continue reading →

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Songs of Rejoicing

Posted on March 3, 2013 by

SONGS OF REJOICING by Edgar Guest Songs of rejoicing, of love and of cheer, are the songs that I’m yearning for year after year. The songs about children who laugh in their glee are the songs worth the singing, the … Continue reading →

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Question: I Need Motivation For Prayer

Posted on January 15, 2013 by

Reblogged from J.S. Park: Anonymous asked: I’ve been struggling these days on how to balance my life altogether and my walk with God is suffering from it. The less I pray, the further I stray away from him and the … Continue reading →

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LIFE

Posted on July 30, 2012 by

by Edgar Guest Life is a gift to be used every day, not to be smothered and hidden away; it isn’t a thing to be stored in the chest where you gather your keepsakes and treasure your best. It isn’t … Continue reading →

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COURAGE

Posted on July 23, 2012 by

by Edgar A. Guest This is courage: to remain brave and patient under pain; cool and calm and firm to stay in the presence of dismay; not to flinch when foes attack, even though you’re beaten back; still to cling … Continue reading →

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AWAKENING by Edgar Guest

Posted on July 12, 2012 by

Oh, I wanted to be pampered and I wanted to be petted; I though that Life should run to me with comfort when I fretted and so I used to wail for joys I had no means of buying, but … Continue reading →

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THE FEW

Posted on May 26, 2012 by

Another Poem from Edgar Guest The easy roads are crowded and the level roads are jammed; the pleasant little rivers with the drifting folks are crammed. But off yonder where it’s rocky, where you get a better view, you will … Continue reading →

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Encouraging Thought for the Day

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

IMPROVEMENT by Edgar Guest The joy of life is living it or so it seems to me; in finding shackles on your wrists, then struggling till you’re free; in seeing wrongs and righting them, in dreaming splendid dreams, then toiling … Continue reading →

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AN APRIL MORNING by Bliss Carman

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

AN APRIL MORNING by Bliss Carman Once more in misted April The world is growing green. Along the winding river The plumey willows lean. Beyond the sweeping meadows The looming mountains rise, Like battlements of dreamland Against the brooding skies. … Continue reading →

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