In Control

By Beth | May 11, 2016 |

  …for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. 2 Timothy 1:7   I like to be in control.  All. The. Time. Like all of us, I have learned, that I cannot control everything. I can control how short my hair is, how clean my house is,…

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Testing My Faith

By Beth | May 6, 2016 |

  For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. Romans 1:19   My heart sank when I saw it. It was an advertisement for a tanning salon. The young woman in the photo was in a seductive pose with almost nothing on. It was on…

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Prayer Time

By Beth | May 3, 2016 | Comments Off on Prayer Time

But as for me, my prayer is to you, O LORD. At an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.          Psalm 69:13 Candidates for president of our country who have shown a lack of integrity. 60 million dead babies in our…

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The Newest Shock: Eyeball Tattoos

By Beth | April 29, 2016 | Comments Off on The Newest Shock: Eyeball Tattoos

  Oh that they had such a mind as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, that it might go well with them and with their descendants forever! Deuteronomy 5:29   Eyeball tattoos. I am not kidding. I read an article about eyeball tattoos. If you think you can stand it,…

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Motown Sounds and the Glory of God

By Beth | April 26, 2016 |

  Even a child makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright. Proverbs 20:11 Motown music is cleaning music at our house. The beat is face-paced, has (generally) happy endings, and the familiarity moves me along with any deep cleaning project. I did not come to faith in Christ…

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Compared to Whom?

By Beth | April 22, 2016 |

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil  Ecclesiastes 12:14 I came home from work infuriated with a teenager on my Juvenile Probation caseload ( years ago). The boy had appeared in court on new criminal charges. He had been rude and…

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