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Crushed but Fragrant

Valerie Basham

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August 7, 2022

I slammed my knife, flat side down, on the garlic clove. It made a loud bang against my cutting board and I felt it smash beneath the blade. I used a decent amount of force, nothing outrageous, but enough to get the job done. In order to chop garlic finely, it has to be beaten …

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Categories: thoughts-from-my-heart•Tags: Christian life, David, faith, gossip, humility, Jesus, persecution, Peter, prayer, trials•

A Great Mystery: Christians Who Don’t Forgive

Valerie Basham

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April 5, 2021

I’ve been a born-again child of God for almost 28 years. I was saved when I was fifteen years old and since, then, I’ve made a lot of mistakes. Therefore, in the intervening years, I’ve also had to make a lot of apologies to both fellow-Christians and non-Christians alike. Interestingly, I have had a 100% …

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Driving is Like Life

Valerie Basham

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October 22, 2014

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) ~ Ephesians 2:4-5 I was just trying to make a quick trip to Hobby Lobby. It’s only a few miles from my …

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