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The Crushing

February 4, 2023 Martin Wiles Christian Living, Home
the crushing

I had read many papers, but the crushing she described stood out among the rest. Unfortunately, teachers don’t always know or get involved in the details of their students’ lives. And I hadn’t in hers.

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The Forming of Patience

January 7, 2023 Martin Wiles Christian Living, Home
The Forming of Patience

I waited patiently for the Lord to help me, and he turned to me and heard my cry.               -Psalm 40:1 NLT I didn’t enjoy the experience, but then again, the

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Giving Thanks During the Holidays

December 3, 2022 Martin Wiles Christian Living, Home
Giving Thanks During the Holidays

Giving thanks during the holidays might seem easy, but thanking God in every circumstance challenges the best of us. Some claim it’s impossible. I’m a nostalgic kind of guy. In my mind’s eye, I can

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A Work of Art

November 5, 2022 Martin Wiles Christian Living, Home
a work of art

The human body is a work of art. The doctor said, “His heart has grown its own bypass, so we left it alone.” After being transported to the hospital because he gasped for breath, my

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Remembering When with Family

October 1, 2022 Martin Wiles Christian Living, Home
Remembering When with Family

I tried remembering “when” with family, but it didn’t work too well. When I asked my son, “Don’t you remember?” he didn’t. My son and his family hadn’t visited our home in two years. His

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Don’t Sniff Temptation

September 3, 2022 Martin Wiles Christian Living, Home

Stop. Sniff. Stop again. Sniff again. Caught. We call our little Chihuahua-terrier mix our cordless dust buster. Wherever we happen to sit to eat, she positions herself underneath our feet so she can retrieve any

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Love Shows Mercy

August 6, 2022 Martin Wiles Christian Living, Home

The time for the annual adventure had arrived—and I dreaded it. In my younger years, Dad’s present of choice for my mom on Christmas and her birthday was a dress. I’m not quite sure what

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Loving the Boundaries

July 2, 2022 Martin Wiles Home

The letters lay in my box—the folds showing evidence of students who had never written letters by hand, never inserted them in envelopes, and never used snail mail.   The day was a typical one.

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God Moments

June 4, 2022 Martin Wiles Home

“We invite you to sit down and play…” I had visited quite a few hospitals that had pianos in a great room or in the lobby. But never had I seen one with a sign

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A Heart-to-Heart Talk

May 7, 2022 Martin Wiles Home

I remember it hung on a doorknob. My parents believed in corporal punishment. They thought the Bible taught it, and they believed and practiced the Bible’s teachings as they understood them. They never abused me,

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When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor. — Psalm 8:3-5 (NIV)

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