Swindoll adds, “Men and women of God, servant-leaders in the making, are first unknown, unseen, unappreciated, and unapplauded. In the relentless demands of obscurity, character is built. Strange as it may seem, those who first accept the silence
                    
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                    [Unhappiness at Home and Work, Citation: Sally Pook, London Daily Telegraph (10-16-00); submitted by Alan Wilson, Nyon, Switzerland]
Ten percent of the British people believe they would be better off dead, according to a survey. 
One in four people said they were unhappy in their jobs, while one in
                    
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                    Harriet, the church gossip and self-appointed supervisor of the church’s morals, kept sticking her nose into other people’s business. Several were unappreciative of her activi-ties, but feared her enough to maintain their silence. 
	She made a mistake, however, when she accused George, a new
                    
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                    Contributed by Matthew  Rogers on Mar 25, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    GO AHEAD AND GOSSIP  Harriet, the church gossip and self-appointed supervisor of the church’s morals, kept sticking her nose into other people’s business.  
Several residents were unappreciative of her activities, but feared her enough to maintain their silence.  She made a mistake, however, when
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 15, 2021
                
                
                
                    In 1983, one man prevented a nuclear war between the USSR and the USA. Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov was the duty officer at the command center for the Oko nuclear early-warning system when the system reported that a missile had been launched from the United States, followed by up to five more.
                    
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                    Contributed by Steve Greene on Nov 11, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    The following poem by Ruth Harmes Catkins portrays the pain a troubled marriage can cause.  It’s called "He Said...She Said": 
  
"Another marriage is shattered, Lord, the divorce will be final next week. 
He said it was the breakdown of communication and the subtle infiltration of boredom.  She
                    
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                    Contributed by Nickolas Kooi on Aug 30, 2017
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A pastor went to the hospital to visit Maggy, one of his members.  She was in the last stages of her life because of cancer, and was heavily medicated, and unresponsive.  He went to support her family, who was taking it hard.  When he got there, he was surprised with what he saw.  Her daughter,
                    
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                    Without realizing it many of us have fallen prey to thinking that people of most significance are people like star athletes, actors, actresses, musicians, and even politicians. These are the ones we applaud and become excited to meet in person. These are the ones who we ask for their autographs and
                    
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