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15:21-32 Earlier, Jesus had said that those who wished to follow him would have to take up their cross and do just that—follow him. Now his disciples have deserted him.

Picture Yourself on the back of a paddle-wheel boat that's about to leave. You're thinking, "Should I remain on the boat or jump off and stay ashore?" The boat's engine is racing and its paddle wheels are going round and round, but you're holding on to a rope attached to the dock, preventing the boat from embarking.

A little friend of mine, starting school for the first time, confided to me, "I can hardly wait until tomorrow. I want to go to sleep quickly, so I can wake up, and then it will be the first day of school! " For many, waking each morning with this kind of expectation may seem more of a challenge than a delight.

Have you ever heard someone say, "Look for the best in people"? There is a perspective to that idea that is more than philosophical. Looking for the best in someone can be a form of prayer, especially when we're regarding that person from a spiritual standpoint.

Humility, that low, sweet root, From which all heavenly virtues shoot. Thomas Moore Sometimes We Put ourselves under pressure because of a desire to impress others with what we can do.

I can see an interesting development in my life as I moved from the view that I had no choice about going to church to the feeling that I needed to go to church. At the beginning of this period, I was in high school, and my parents insisted that I continue going to Sunday School.

" There is but one primal cause," states Science and Health, referring to God. "Therefore there can be no effect from any other cause, and there can be no reality in aught which does not proceed from this great and only cause.

Across the United States , the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada, as well as in parts of Germany, Brazil, Russia, and a number of other countries, booksellers are introducing their customers to Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. As booksellers become more familiar with the value of this book, they're finding that it's natural to recommend it as a help to those looking for healing and spiritual insight.

This title is not a reference to the footwear of Nike, Ferragamo, or Florsheim. It relates to one who brings good tidings.

On a recent visit to Malta, we went to the caves and catacombs where Paul had been. I was stirred to look again at the Biblical accounts of his healing work, his demonstrations of God's law.