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DEAR ABBY: Ten months ago, my aunt’s 66-yearold live-in boyfriend died unexpectedly. She has no children and is left with a four-bedroom, two-bathroom house to take care of by herself. She has always been in debt (I think), and his final expenses only made it worse.
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DEAR ABBY: As we return to work, businesses and expanded health care are opening up after the pandemic shutdown. We all are pretty much required to wear masks anywhere we go these days.
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DEAR ABBY: I have been in a wonderful relationship and blissfully happy for two years. We live together. When “Scott” and I first got together, he told me he had a felony conviction and that a woman had falsely accused him of rape. I laughed it off because I didn’t want to see the truth, but it ate at me badly. Then I finally looked it up via a background check, and it’s really bad.
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There is a passage of Scripture in Jeremiah 5:30-31 that says, “A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?” These verses begin by saying that something astonishing is happening in the nation. Of course, this is talking about the spiritual condition of Israel but this can also be applied as to what is happening in our nation as well. The things that are happening right now just blow my mind and I fear that things are simply going to get worse as we progress into the judgment of God.
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When actor Sean Connery died, tributes came in from all over. The original “James Bond” actor defined the role so much that the author of the Bond book series, Ian Fleming, later wrote in a Scottish ancestry to account for Connery’s portrayal! Connery starred in many other movies and showed a wonderful talent and discipline in his acting. He was an athlete and, early in the Bond franchise, performed many of his own stunts. He grew to dislike the Bond character though, partly because people seemed to think that he actually was a suave but deadly secret agent.
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A few years ago, we were introduced to a book titled “HOW NOT TO DIE’ by Dr. Michael Greger. This physician wrote an excellent book chock full of advice for keeping your body as healthy as you can, for as long as possible. We recommend it to anyone who is seeking to live a healthier lifestyle.
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In my “extra” time these days, I enjoy reading from 3 or 4 books at a time, not to mention my Bible. From last week’s writing of favorite Scriptures, one kept coming back to me this week: Psalm 46:10. I thought it was interesting to find two (at least) different ways this verse is stated in different Bible versions.
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By now, I have been giving out dog treats on my daily walk for several months. If you think this has gone unnoticed among my town’s dog population, you would be very much mistaken. If Gwyneth Paltrow or Brad Pitt were to walk down the street, I am quite certain the dogs in my town would be completely unimpressed. Their owners might behave foolishly and start jumping up and down and salivating, but for the dogs, it would be a non-event.
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