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Recipients Of Bravery
For generations, men and women embraced the idea of freedom. So much so, they championed liberty in fox holes, behind enemy lines, in submarines, and in jungles. When freedom needed warriors they had no shortage of heroes. Today we honor the hearts of the brave, and the tenacity of their spirit. Our freedoms bought with days of commitment, hours of hardship, and moments sacrificed. These lives will ever have Lincoln’s words as their narration, and Washington’s admiration. A hero does not choose their course, they simply answer the call. Whether that call was in the frost bitten air of Pennsylvania, or the sandy dust of Afghanistan, they met danger and…
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iPainting Cat Behind Furniture
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Faith Bought The House
John 20:27 (KJV)27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. I am living in a house that I could not afford to buy. It’s a four bedroom, two bathroom house with a garage. It’s on basically a flat lot. That in and of itself is a list of miracles, because the first house I had had only a small segment of flat land. Let me tell you how Faith Bought The House. We lived in a two bedroom, one bathroom duplex. My wife Ashley felt we needed…
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Unseen Blessings – The Carrot On The Road
The rabbit crawled from his burrow, saw the carrot, grabbed it, and went back inside. That’s what the rabbit saw. The carrots journey was somewhat longer. The carrot was planted, grew, was picked, washed, and packed on a truck, until the bump happened. That’s what the carrot saw, the bumps story was longer. The bump happened one day when the rock was jarred, and rolled down a hill onto the road. It was quietly covered with dirt as the months past, until the farmers truck hit it, and disturbed it. That’s what the bump saw, but his story, and the farmers were longer. The farmer woke up early during the…
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Sketch Fountain Pen Vader
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I Came For The Broken
Pastor Hayward got out of the car, walking slowly. It wasn’t evident from the outside, but he was doing a mixture of praying and remembering. This was not the first conversation that he had been in, between a Minister and an Atheist. This young lady had been in a car wreck, the doctors said she may never walk again. Agnes Simmons was the most famous jockey in the sports world of that day, having won the first race in this year’s triple crown. She wouldn’t have bothered talking to him, had it not been for her Grandmother. Mrs Lang had to beg and plead for two days for Agnes to…
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Watercolor Great Horned Owl
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Babe Adams
If I said Babe and Baseball in the same sentence, one person would come to mind. For most of my life, my favorite Baseball player was the man known as The Great Bambino Babe Ruth. However there was another Babe in Baseball. He was Babe Adam’s of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Both were World Series Champions, each a record holder. Babe Adams’ 1920 record of 1 walk per 14.6 innings wasn’t broken until 2005. After leaving Baseball in 1926 as a player, he would go on to be a Minor League Coach and Farmer. Following those occupations, he served as War Correspondent in both World War II and Korea. The two…
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Watercolor Hawk Eagle
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A Girl From Oz A Boy From Gotham
A little girl met a tin man, a scarecrow, a cowardly Lion, a dog named Toto, and Dorothy Gale. The girl in question was my wife, and today is the anniversary of the publication of The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz in 1900. Ironically the famous movie would come out in 1939, the same year Batman was created. These two seemingly unrelated events have a very important connection in the Pruitt household. A girl from Oz and a boy from Gotham very quickly can tell you their significance. These characters have been we’ll loved companions for both of us through the years. For my wife, who had several health challenges since…
