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 The language of sacrifice sounds foreign to most of us, but some blessings only come when we let go  

                    Have you ever felt like you should do something, but you did not know where to start?   Maybe you need to have a difficult conversation with a friend, but you cannot find the right words.   Or you know someone who is struggling, but you cannot figure out how to help.   You would like to patch up a disagreement, but do not know how to take the first step.                 If so, I have a secret to tell you.   The starting point is always the same.                   Paul demonstrates this starting point when he writes to the Philippians and says, “It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart… I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus” (Philippians 1:7-8).   The first step is to get your heart involved.   When you begin by gathering your love for the pe

 Have you ever felt like you ought to do something but did not know where to begin? Here is a secret.... the starting point is always the same.  

 Everyone wants a life that is characterized by joy, hope and thanksgiving. Unfortunately, most of us are going about it the wrong way.  

                  Recently, I read about a man who decided to hike the entire Appalachian Trail.   To prepare for this 2610-mile journey from Georgia to Maine, he gathered everything that he thought he would need.   His backpack bulged with an audio player for bird calls, a camera, an alarm clock, a radio, and much more.   He was prepared for anything.                 At his first stop, an experienced hiker pulled him aside and suggested that he might be overloaded.   To help him out, the experienced hiker took everything out of the backpack, held each item up, and asked, “Is this worth it? Do you want to carry this for the next 2,000 miles?"   No item, in and of itself, was that heavy.   However, the combined weight and the distance that it had to be hauled, would have made the entire trek a struggle and maybe impossible to complete.