Author: rstores
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The Bilt(more) Estate
Recently my wife Tammy and I celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary. We spent several days in Asheville, North Carolina. It was a relaxing and restful time. During our trip we visited and toured the Biltmore Estate. We’ve lived in North Carolina for 20 years and had never visited this historic house. The Bilt(more) Estate, with the…
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Live The Truth, NOT live your own truth.
Last week my wife Tammy and I spent a few days in the mountains of North Carolina to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary. It was a restful and relaxing time. On our third day though we had a brief period of stress. After a leisurely breakfast we were walking along an old section of Asheville that…
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The relationship that will rob you of rest.
There is a relationship that will wear you out, stress you out, and rob you of well-being, peace, and rest. What relationship is that you ask? It’s any relationship that is based on “performance” to gain approval or acceptance. Over the past four years in my pursuit toward rest and life balance one of my…
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Improving Your Serve
Tennis anyone? If you’ve ever played tennis, one of the vital skills to learn is the serve. A weak serve will nearly always lead to defeat. Top players will spend many hours mastering it. My question for you today is, “How’s your “serve” and what are you doing to improve your “serve” in life? A…
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Technology Rules! or Technology Rules.
In the game of football an encroachment violation occurs when, before the snap, a defensive player illegally crosses the line of scrimmage and makes contact with an opponent or has a clear path to the quarterback. To encroach means to advance beyond proper, established, or usual limits. It can also mean to intrude, infringe or…
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Did Jesus have a six-pack?
Lately I’ve been rethinking if I want to continue my gym membership. Right now, I’m leaning toward no. I had this thought recently pop into my head, “I wonder, if Jesus had a six pack?” My conclusion, yes, I think He did. Now, I don’t think Jesus did crunches, planks, px90 or other ab exercises…
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Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho, it’s off to work we go.
Heigh-Ho, Heigh Ho, it’s off to work we go. As I spoke those words perhaps your mind flashed back to the scene in the Disney movie “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, where the dwarfs with picks on their shoulders whistle and sing as they march off to work. This past Labor Day I reflected…
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Generosity versus Giving
One by one men dressed in three-piece suits and women in designer dresses walked by and put enormous amounts of money in this strange looking brass container at the local bank. After a while, a poor old bag lady pushing a shopping cart comes along and drops in two pennies. A man sitting at an…
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An Attitude of Gratitude
Expressing gratitude and thanksgiving is one of the most encouraging and edifying things we can do for a fellow human being. Few things lift our spirits more than being on the receiving end of genuine expressions of thanks, gratitude and appreciation. When it comes to life-balance, an attitude of gratitude is a character trait we…
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Your body is an instrument not a hood ornament.
I’ve got a question for you, what’s your motive for taking care of your body? Why spend time on your physical well-being, by committing to healthy eating, getting enough sleep, doing cardio and resistance training to build muscle and tone your body? Is it to draw attention to yourself – look at me, don’t I…
The Rest Stop 