Our encouragement today comes from a simple foible

this morning. I forgot to put on my sunglasses. But this made me

think about the filters we all use as we look at life.

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Our encouragement today comes from the gift of

creative imagination. We'll look at some examples of radical

imagination and the difference imagination makes in real lives.

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Our encouragement today comes from my resting

on the reclining couch after a busy morning with my grandson.

Rest is cheap, underrated, and sometimes abused, but it IS encouraging.

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Our encouragement today comes from a thought I had

as I stopped for water on the morning trail ride. Movement is

life-giving and life-enhancing in life. Listen to my examples and keep moving.

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Our encouragement today comes from a lunch conversation

with a brilliant friend of mine. We both are retired and have loads

interests. Listen to what might give us a new lens to calendar our days.

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Our encouragement today comes from a serene ride on the

Northwest Lancaster County River Trail. The encouragement is in noticing

the snippets of heaven all around us - snippets of future glory.

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Our encouragement today comes from a wide variety of areas,

all hidden from view. But, just because you don't see it doesn't mean it

didn't happen or doesn't exist. Listen up and be encouraged.

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Our encouragement today comes from thinking about motivation.

We'll look at positive motivation and negative motivation and make some

interesting observations. May you be encouraged and positively motivated.

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Our encouragement today comes from an incredible feeling

I had when waking up this morning. It was a sense of God's unconditional love.

Let me try to explain it. My sincerest hope is that you would experience this, too.

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Our encouragement today comes from my daily devotional reading

in Luke 5. Jesus chooses Simon and Jesus chooses you! Jesus gets in your

boat to bless you and give you life and abundance! Do you realize it?

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