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This Is The Way

Thought provoking messages that will help you deal with events in your daily life.

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A young woman looking out a window.

Watch Out for the Bird

  • by Robert H Berendt
It seems that the words we say have wings, and we cannot take them back.
A person writing.

Comfort Comes Last

  • by Robert H Berendt
We have come into a period of time when personal wants and comforts take the greatest amount of our time and effort.
A closeup of a man's face.

Comprehension

  • by Robert H Berendt
Our ability to comprehend is limited in many ways.
A close up photo of spider web.

Tangled Webs

  • by Robert H Berendt
Once a person has been recognized as a deceiver, his or her reputation for honesty and truthfulness is shattered.
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Several books stack on the edges.

Books are Valuable

  • by Robert H Berendt
God inspired a wise man to write that there is no end to the making of many books and that much study is wearisome to the flesh (Ecclesiastes 12:12).
A little girl sitting on a couch looking at a Bible.

Lessons from Home

  • by Robert H Berendt
The book of Proverbs advises us to listen to our father’s instruction and not to forsake our mother's teaching (Proverbs 1:8).
A group of people at sunset.

Nations of One Blood

  • by Robert H Berendt
We want to think that all people are created equal before God. There is truth in that, but all people are not created the same.
A little boy hiding behind a yellow wall.

Childlike

  • by Robert H Berendt
One of the great lessons Jesus Christ taught was that humans are to become childlike.
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A man sitting on a rock with red sunset behind him.

Discernment

  • by Robert H Berendt
Paul expressed his hope to the Philippians that love would abound “still more and more in knowledge and all discernment” (Philippians 1:9).
A young woman looking out over the ocean.

Expecting Gold

  • by Robert H Berendt
Our expectations have much to do with how we feel about where we are and what we have in life.
A young woman walking.

Attitude

  • by Robert H Berendt
We all need encouragement with our attitudes.
People sitting on a fence looking up at the night sky full of stars.

God is God

  • by Robert H Berendt
A man once noted that there are two important things that he learned in life. The first is that there is a God, and the second was that he (the man) was not Him. 
A young man staring at neon sign on a window.

Opinionated

  • by Robert H Berendt
A person who is "opinionated" tends to be cocky and to form strong, almost unshakable opinions about many things, even when he has insufficient evidence for those opinions.
A sailboat gliding across the sea early in the morning.

Staying Safe

  • by Robert H Berendt
Someone once noted that the safest place for a ship is docked in a harbor.
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A man hiking on a mountain trail.

Confidence Versus Conceit

  • by Robert H Berendt
Conceit is defined as overwhelming self-esteem and is similar to boasting about yourself and what you are able to do. Confidence is a firm trust or belief in what you are able to do—that you can get the job done.
A silhouette of young woman with the sun setting in the background.

Who Are You?

  • by Robert H Berendt
It has been said that we all have three characters that define who we are.
A man standing on walk way between buildings.

Suddenly Rich

  • by Robert H Berendt
It has been said that a person is never tested or tried more than at the moment they receive an excessive fortune.