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Don’t Desire What Isn’t Yours
By
dhanny
This is the last of the Ten Commandments, “You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbors”. The word covet is one we don’t use much these days. Basically it means to desire greatly enough to try to make the possession your own. If Susie ‘covets’ Jenny’s sucker, she is willing to take it…
No Lying Allowed
By
dhanny
Bearing false witness or giving false testimony are just other ways of saying lying. One of the prblems with lying is that we have made it into a degree measuring unit. Some ‘little white lies’ are acceptable. Things said in a joking way, sometimes are just lies. Some stretch the truth to the extent that…
Don’t Steal Things
By
dhanny
When God gave this commandment, I wonder if He knew how people would twist its meaning. Of course, He did, He’s God. I always imagine some child stealing a candy bar or a teenager shoplifting a sweater they can’t afford to buy. But, it encompasses so much more. Some things many people don’t think of…
Too Much Candy
By
dhanny
With so many Easter baskets full of candy, it will be hard to not to over do the sugar high that comes along with marshmallow eggs and chocolate bunnies. If you don’t like sweets, you are truly blessed because most of us struggle to do it in moderation. My husband can eat a whole bag of…
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