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saying, but nothing was clicking upstairs, if you know what I mean.
• In the middle of her dissertation she stopped, looked at me intensely, placed both hands on her hips and said, "Don't act so dumb."
• Smiling broadly I whispered, "My Precious, I'm not acting."
• With a glare that could have intimidated good old Goliath, she quipped, "I'm coming to believe you're right. You are not acting. You're just naturally dumb."
• Somebody once sang a song called, "I gotta be me" which has become my theme song. What you see is what you get, when you are dealing with me. I am not smart enough to act and I am too old to play. Therefore, it all boils down to this one thing, I am what I am, like it or lump it.
• I do not like it when people pretend to be something they are not. I want people to be real with me. This is doubly true with my relationship with God. He is honest with me and I want to be absolutely honest with him.
• "If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?" (1 John 4:20 KJV).
• Many people say they love God and yet it is all an act. It is easy to love somebody you cannot see but hard to love a brother right in front of you.
• Rev. James L. Snyder is pastor of the Family of God Fellowship, PO Box 831313, Ocala, FL 34483. He lives with his wife, Martha, in Silver Springs Shores. Call him at 1-866-552-2543 or e-mail jamessnyder2@att.net. His web site is www.jamessnyderministries.com.
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