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• When You Refuse To Forgive
  As long as you fail to identify and forgive offenders and offenses, you will be shackled to your past. Unforgiveness will keep the pain alive, pick at the open sore, and keep it from healing. There is another alternative. You can forgive the person who hurt you and get on with your life. Forgiveness opens the prison door and sets you free from your past.
• "Taps"

  There is a piece of music we associate with Memorial Day, Veterans' Day and military funerals. It's a bugle call that brings tears to our eyes with its mournful notes and its call to the end of day. "Taps" has been around since the time of the Civil War, but have you ever wondered how it began?

• A Christmas Hymn Story
  You have heard it said, "Things aren't always what they appear to be." Well, when we sing the Christmas carol, God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen, this saying is certainly true. With the changing of word meanings and difference in cultures, it is hard for Americans today to understand what the English peasants were singing about 500 years ago-unless you know the story behind the song.
• The True Reason for Thanksgiving
  Obviously there is nothing wrong with many of the customs associated with Thanksgiving. Visiting relatives, turkey dinners, football games and even special bargains at the stores are not bad in themselves. Actually, the enjoyment of these things is further cause for thankfulness to God. Some people find it hard to be thankful because of the suffering and difficulties they have experienced. Life can be very difficult but if we lose the ability to be grateful because of our suffering, we double our loss. It is also good to remember that prosperity is often a greater threat to gratitude than hardship.