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There Are Many Things I Don't Enjoy. One Of Them ... PRO
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Apr 20, 2008 (message contributor)
There are many things I don’t enjoy. One of them is taking my vehicle to the dealership to have it serviced. Then there’s the wait for a ride back to the office (or sit in the waiting room drinking terrible coffee). I lose the rhythm in my day.
This past week was an absolute nightmare on Wednesday morning. I dropped the vehicle off and waited thirty minutes for the shuttle to get a ride back to the office. When I got to the office I was already thirty minutes late for a meeting, only to realise I had to leave at 11am for a meeting in London but wouldn’t have my vehicle! Our two staff kindly agreed to hike back to the dealership and get my un-serviced vehicle while I looked after my meeting at the office. THEN, when I finally left for London I was an hour late, and a call led me to turn around and come home because they figured the meeting would be nearly finished by the time I got there! And all because...
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Spurgeon (1) wrote, " I think I may say to every person whom I am addressing,-If you are yourself saved, the work is but half done until you are employed to bring others to Christ. You are as yet but half formed in the image of your Lord. You have not attained to the full development of the ...read more
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Story: The Habits And Customs Of The Eskimos Of ... PRO
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Story: The habits and customs of the Eskimos of North Alaska have been remained very much the same for 500 years, until very recently. They had to depend on catching the polar bear for meat, for clothing – the bear’s fur, for fat for cooking, and for tools, the bear’s bones and ...read more
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Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Dec 2, 2004
Honey Bees Bees can show you something about teamwork. On a warm day about half the bees in a hive stay inside beating their wings while the other half go out to gather pollen and nectar. Because of the beating wings, the temperature inside the hive is about 10 degrees cooler than outside. The ...read more
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Another Aspect Of A Fully Surrendered Life Is ... PRO
Contributed by Jim Kane on Jul 4, 2004
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