Well, it finally happened – I looked down and noticed a stone missing from my ring. I’ve been worried about the prongs; so I took it to several places and they all warned me that the prongs were in bad shape. I looked at in under a very powerful magnifying glass and noticed that the … More What happens when you don’t heed the warnings!
Beauty – here’s a different perspective!!! “A few years back, there was an overweight hillbilly woman who worked in the local store I our hometown. Every time we went into the hardware store, several men would be standing around the counter talking to her, and they were always laughing. We usually had to wade through … More Beautiful Woman (Part Two)
The following is one of my favorite poems, and it’s dedicated to all you dear Christian soldiers out there who will be teaching or preaching or singing or serving in some way in your church tomorrow. I have heard a lot of people talking about the sad state of Christianity today: no interest, no commitment, … More Opportunity
This really isn’t a subject that I’m personally familiar with! The only time I’ve been called beautiful is the day I walked up the aisle – bless my dear husband-to-be! I’ve often been thankful that I wasn’t beautiful. There are many pitfalls for the raving beauties. We are a visual society, and if you don’t … More Woe to Beautiful Women
Ah, my first day of a new year – I’m only twenty-two minutes into this fifty-fourth year and God’s Spirit calls me from my lovely bed, stirring my heart and thoughts. Now if only I can harness them and pull them all together into one communicable blog! It started when I awoke from a dream … More “Mind” Your Master!
“If life is a bowl full of cherries, then why am I in the pits?” I’m sure you’ve all heard that statement before! Well, for me, today has been a day loaded with cherries! It started in the cherry orchard at 7:30 am. My dear husband went with me to pick them, and what a … More A Bowl Full of Cherries
A family in our church makes goat’s soap (Naturally Soothing), and we put small bars into our welcome packages. The bars are stored in the church office. Recently, I went into the office for something and caught a whiff of the beautiful smell of goat’s soap; it almost made me cry because that dear family … More A Sweet Savour
I couldn’t bear the thought of another year of ‘babying’ Tilly – trying to coax her to perform; so, we took her to the shop. I was ready to buy a new tiller until I priced them! Then I looked on Craig’s list and laughed when I saw a tiller in worse shape than Tilly … More The new Tilly!
Although Esther Ruth Raul, the main character is a fictional character, several other names are not: in particular, Oskar Schindler and Kurt Gerstein. The combined actions of these two men are instrumental in saving Esther’s life: Kurt Gerstein, an SS Officer for the Third Reich, is disillusioned with Hitler’s “Final Solution” as he calls it, … More Twelve Smooth Stones – a Christian Historical Fiction
At this week’s teen meeting, we started with a challenge about devotions by asking the teens how many days this week they had read their Bibles. Sad to say, only one had read his Bible once; the rest hadn’t read at all. You know the saying: Seven days without the Bible, makes one weak! Two … More Thanks, Walmart!
