I am worth 25 cents. September 23, 2014

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I didn't realize how prideful and arrogant I could be until my girlfriend and I began getting serious about our lives together.  Now that we are engaged and planning to get married at the end of the year, I am realizing how selfish and arrogant I really am.

Bring (v): "come to a place with" September 18, 2014

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"For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit" (I Peter 3:18, KJV).

The Struggle Is Real! September 16, 2014

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Among teenagers today, there is a phrase that they say when they are faced with challenges in life: "The struggle is real!"  (Unless you're from Whiteville, then you will say, "The skruggle is real!")  Today, I join them in their cry.  "THE STRUGGLE IS REAL!"