Here is a great thought for those of us at Smith Mountain Lake who have been running short on faith of late.
If you are in a room that’s absolutely pitch black, you’ll never be able to completely see what is in there, even after your eyes adjust. You may know for sure that a certain object is in the room, [...]

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A man of God was having a conversation with His Lord one day and said, “Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and hell are like.”
So the Lord decided to show the man and led him to two doors. Then he opened one of the doors and the man of God looked in.
In the middle [...]

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Perhaps there are others besides myself at Smith Mountain Lake, wondering why Easter seems to fall on different weeks and even in different months, from year to year. With a little reading I finally figured it out.
Easter falls at some point between late March and late April each year, because it follows the cycle of [...]

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Here is a thought I am pondering on this wonderfully ordinary day at Smith Mountain Lake: If we are not content with what we have, will we be content if we get what we think we want?
Life appears to some to be a competition to see how much they can acquire. They seem to think that getting the most recent [...]

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In our lives at Smith Mountain Lake, many of us feel blessed beyond description. But of course, frustrating things happen to us all from time to time. In fact frustrations may actually be part of the way we receive some of our greatest blessings.
I hear you thinking someone at SML News has lost their marbles. If you consider [...]

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My home is in the country near Smith Mountain Lake and I enjoy the views of the woods and the animals during all 4 seasons. I never tire of the antics of the wildlife and the changing phases of all the natural world.
The view out the window in my home office is rather barren right [...]

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Christmas is over at Smith Mountain Lake and now everyone is thinking of New Years celebrations. In between all the hustle and bustle of these two wonderful holidays of winter, many of you have some time off with your families.
One of these evenings when you are all sitting around after supper with nothing to do, [...]

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Smith Mountain Lake is a place of great beauty and it is just one of the many areas of majestic scenery in this amazing world God created.
People talk of the Seven Wonders of the World and the awe inspiring experiences of visiting them. Folks go on and on about Disney World, movie stars and Hollywood, The Grand Canyon, [...]

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I thought my readers at Smith Mountain Lake would find this poem inspiring during the Winter Season. It’s message is one of truth for Christmas and all year round, especially if you know that The Savior is the source of all that gives us hope.
THE STORY OF THE FOUR CANDLES
The four candles burned slowly.
Their ambiance [...]

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Perhaps you are a business owner at Smith Mountain Lake trying to foster your employees untapped potential. Or maybe you are a frustrated son who can’t get your Dad to listen to you, or a wife who needs to be understood by her man. There are any one of a thousand scenarios that demonstrate the desire we all have to [...]

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