That's right! Who's almost as brave as a 3 year old? 
I was playing on the computer a few hours ago and this guy

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Sitting around a charcoal fire, he waits. Gently prodding at the coals, turning them to reveal the beauty of the flashing heat, he looks up to the sky and smiles. It's morning. Breathtaking sunrise. He smiles. Looking around patiently, he sees the beauty around him and feels a twinge of pain. "I miss you," he whispers into the slight breeze, and ( Read more... )

You are real ( Read more... )

The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association Educational Foundation has selected

Kristen Grissom

to receive the Post Secondary Hospitality Excellence Award.

This award is designed to give recognition to the most outstanding student from each of Florida ’s post secondary hospitality programs.

(One student gets this out of her whole program at ( Read more... )

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now I'm found,
was blind, but now I see!

"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk though the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. ( Read more... )

There's a balm in Gilead ( Read more... )

"When Jesus entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. So many gathered that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. Some men came, bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above ( Read more... )

My mom came in tonight and said she realized that today is the last day of my childhood. This begins my first weekend of my life where I have to get up on Monday and go to work like everybody else. I personally think I've done a darn good job at stretching it out as long as possible, but even still, this is by far my favorite age I've ever been.... ( Read more... )

I found this in a book of poems titled "Lord, You Love to Say Yes" by Ruth Harms Calkin:

Sometimes, Lord
I think I spend my entire life
Working toward illusive dreams.
I dream that someday things will be
Exactly as I want them:
I'll ride on the crest
Of my noble achievements
With an easygoing independence
I'll keep my confident cool
My house will stay ( Read more... )