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Friday Mar 13

Looking back:

This week we looked at preaching in Rev. 3:1-6

I got a new freebie gadget from Logos that puts up verses when I type references. It's nice.

I got to review a great book about business principles.

Let's see, Monday and Tuesday I came home from work and put on shorts. Wednesday night it was sleeting. Evokes James 1:6-7, which if James had been from Arkansas he would have written that double-minded men were unstable like Arkansas spring weather.

Found out about a bad homeschool bill in Arkansas. Hoping to make it go away.

The difficult news this week was over the murder of a pastor in Illinois. The reminder and challenge is that preachers the world over suffer for preaching. I have to keep in mind it's not supposed to be easy and earthly profitable.

And we're taking a mini-vacation this weekend with a free hotel night! Yay! We just have to buy food. And we get to stay in a hotel room with a separate bedroom, so Ann and I can stay up and watch TV. And she got an Olive Garden gift card for her birthday, so we'll eat good. And with free breakfast, we only have to feed the kids tonight.

Have a great weekend.

Doug

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