Fish Statue - North Carolina Aquarium, Manteo, NC
“And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. Romans 5: 3-5 KJV

My efforts started during my middle school years when I developed my first crush on a real girl. What did change look like? The truth they learned did not make their world better. Let me be wiser today because of the bruises of yesterday.

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Jimmy Carter Presidential campaign button at the Newseum in Washington DC
“And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. Romans 5: 3-5 KJV

My efforts started during my middle school years when I developed my first crush on a real girl. What did change look like? The truth they learned did not make their world better. Let me be wiser today because of the bruises of yesterday.

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James K Polk (older) Locket - James K Polk's Home - Columbia, Tennessee

Being President has to be one of the most difficult jobs in the world. Excluding the Presidents who died in office (WH Harrison, Taylor, Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Harding, FDR, and Kennedy), the Presidents who are still alive (Carter, GHW Bush, Clinton, and GW Bush) and the current President (Obama), which Presidents had the shortest retirement (length of time after they left office until they died)?

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The Alamo - San Antonio, Texas
“These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.” Numbers 26:58 KJV

The other day I was trying to think of the earliest historical event I could remember. The House of Representatives voted on the declaration of war. Only fourteen Representatives voted against the measure. This very vocal opponent was one of them.

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