Contributed by Bruce Howell on Apr 27, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Illus.: Wilma Rudolph
●	Born prematurely–almost died of pneumonia and scarlet fever
●	polio left her left leg crooked and her foot twisted inward
●	six years of treatment were required
●	determined to take braces
                    
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                    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jul 28, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    There is a small tree which grows in Southeast Asia known as the Judas-tree.  From its branches grow gorgeous blossoms.  These blossoms look like scarlet sunbeams.  The brilliant beauty of the crimson flowers attracts thousands of tiny insects.  Wild bees also try to draw honey from their
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Dec 11, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    There is a small tree which grows in Southeast Asia known as the Judas-tree. From its branches grow gorgeous blossoms. These blossoms look like scarlet sunbeams. The brilliant beauty of the crimson flowers attracts thousands of tiny insects. Wild bees also try to draw honey from their exquisitely
                    
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                    I WAS THE LAMB
Every summer when I was a child, my family would make the trip from Texas to New Jersey to see my dad’s parents. They lived in a fascinating two-story house in which all the bedrooms were upstairs. The room I slept in had a single bed, and above the bed was a picture of Jesus. You
                    
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                    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Mar 23, 2009
                
                
                
                    THERE'S ALWAYS MOUNTAINS
In the Broadway musical, The Scarlet Pimpernel, the 18th century (fictional) hero encourages his followers by reminding them of David vs. Goliath. The song goes:
"David walked into the valley
With a stone clutched in his hand
He was only a boy
But he knew someone must
                    
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                    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Nov 4, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    What is so special about a poppy on Remembrance Day?  Why not use a pansy?  Scarlet poppies grow naturally in conditions of disturbed earth throughout Western Europe. The destruction brought by the Napoleonic wars of the early 19th Century, transformed bare land into fields of blood red poppies,
                    
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                    Contributed by Jon Daniels on Jun 15, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    One of the chores that I enjoy doing is washing my car.  Like to see that dirt disappear.  Like to see the shine of a freshly washed car.  Like to shine up the tires, make the chrome sparkle, clean all the fingerprints and dog nose prints off the windows.  Finish washing it.  Park in front of
                    
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                    in 1871, Spafford’s 4-year-old son died of Scarlet fever. Two years later, business demands kept Spafford from joining his wife and four daughters on a family vacation in England where his friend D. L. Moody would be preaching. 
On November 22, 1873, while crossing the Atlantic on the steamship
                    
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                    Irritation in a Church Service:
It is not all that strange for people to come to church and be dissatisfied with something going on there.  On the two occasions I had recently to sit out in the audience at church with my family I noticed myself focusing on things like the temperature of the room
                    
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                    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 14, 2010
                
                
                
                    A RAINBOW IS A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF CHRIST. Jesus is called the light of the world. A rainbow has 3 primary colours, red, green and purple. RED SPEAKS OF THE BLOOD OF CHRIST - His sacrifice on the cross for me. Genesis 8:21 says "The intent of man's heart is evil from his youth;" Jesus paid the
                    
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