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Stay open to hints about your mission in life

Stay open to hints about your mission in life

Have you thought about your mission in life? What if you’re getting clues about it and don’t realize it? Consider the possibility. Stay open to hints about your mission in life. Rod Brooks had a life changing experience that led him to think about how his health is linked to the importance of how he spends his time. Rod is a grandfather who had slowly gained weight as he got older. “Little by little, inch by inch, and pound by…

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What I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me At My High School Graduation

What I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me At My High School Graduation

The Things I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me When I Graduated from High School (NOTE: I had the wonderful honor of speaking at my son’s high school graduation Sunday. Here’s a written version of my remarks.) Memorial Baptist Church, Buies Creek, N.C. June 5, 2016 By Steve DeVane Good morning. Let’s read the scripture for today. I’ll be reading Mark 10:35-45 from The Message. 35 James and John, Zebedee’s sons, came up to him. “Teacher, we have something we want…

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Two rules for living life

Two rules for living life

The other day I was thinking about my oldest daughter, who is a senior in high school. She’s applying to colleges and thinking about which school would be the best fit for her. photo credit: Rob ShenkIt reminded me of my senior year in high school. Within about three months, I went from not even thinking about college to looking at technical schools and finally to applying for a scholarship at a university with the hopes of one day graduating…

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Seeing the forest with the trees

Seeing the forest with the trees

Lately, I’ve been trying to take a long look at life. Seeking to step back and get a wide-angle shot of what I’m doing and where I’m going. This thinking brought to mind a saying one of my college professors had. He taught a course on how nations related to each other. Every once in a while he’d point out that a country’s leaders had focused too much on details and failed to see the big picture. “They couldn’t see…

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