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December 17, 2021
I don't know where we got it, but someone gave my wife and me a picture that says, "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble," and my wife doesn't like, she wants to get rid of it because it's ugly. But I like the verse, so it's still in our house.
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It does hit on holidays, how you interact with extended family, even just food and grocery shopping. We've had to learn to figure out what are the best pieces that we need to really hang on to, and what are the pieces that it really doesn't matter and we can do without.
December 16, 2021
I promised "in sickness and in health, til death do us part", and I'm a man of my word. It's not that I have to, it's that I get to.
December 15, 2021
As I'm raising my daughter, one of my favorite verses that I always cling to is Proverbs 22:6. "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
December 14, 2021
I don't look forward to growing old, but I do look forward to the time when the kids are out of the house, and we can spend more dedicated time together, and be more spontaneous.
December 13, 2021
I'm a basketball player and it's a big deal to see how high you can jump. So my New Year's resolution is always to jump higher and increase that. And it seems like those first couple weeks, you're really dedicated and then it just kind of dies out.
December 10, 2021
My daughter is about to turn two and we have a routine at night. We'll put her to bed and my wife and I will pray with her. We all join hands, kind of like a huddle. If we ever forget, she reminds us. She says, "Pray?" It's one of the words that she has learned.
December 9, 2021
BL: Let's listen as this woman explains something her daughter learned recently at school.
Clip: Some children at recess had signaled with the third middle finger. She was asking me what that meant, and why was it mean or not nice.
December 8, 2021
BL: We talked with this woman about a difficult situation that caused her to rely on God.
Clip: He has seen me through cancer. You know, my hope is in the Lord. I truly cling to that, knowing that every day that I live is a gift from God.
December 7, 2021
BL: Listen as this great grandmother talks about the way she views her family.
We just pray that our legacy as Christians will go forth into another generation, like lightning streaks going out, and just reaching into the hearts of other people. Just like our legacy is falling out in little streaks.
December 6, 2021
I tell her she looks good. I mean, she wears clothes, I say "hey babe, you look pretty good." You know, I tell her that, make her feel better about herself. I try to complement her when I can. She's pretty good at what she does.
December 3, 2021
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