Hearing a Child’s Heart

By Beth | October 2, 2015 | Comments Off on Hearing a Child’s Heart

  … let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins. James 5:20 The Conversation I was within earshot of a conversation between a father and his ten-ish year old daughter. We were in a large pottery store. I…

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Strengthening Friendship

By Beth | September 29, 2015 |

  “Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” Mark 5:19b   David and Jonathan, Naomi and Ruth, Mary and Elizabeth, Paul and Barnabas. Friendships are all through the Bible. Best Friends  I remember shortly after I became a…

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What is Your View of God?

By Beth | September 22, 2015 |

    Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and you are exalted as head above all.                                           1 Chronicles 29:11   “A high view of…

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Thoughts and Prayers for the Sick

By Beth | September 18, 2015 | Comments Off on Thoughts and Prayers for the Sick

  For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:9   I was looking at “Get Well” cards in a card shop. I was attracted to the ones that were labeled “religious.” When you are ill or recovering from…

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Christianity – No “Buts” Allowed

By Beth | September 14, 2015 | Comments Off on Christianity – No “Buts” Allowed

“Dear World, I Am A Christian But…” That was the title and I read it anyway. The author pretty much said he is embarrassed to be lumped in with Christians who are speaking out on the news and social media. He did not mention specifics, so I can only guess what topics offend him. He…

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Respecting Our Children

By Beth | September 8, 2015 | Comments Off on Respecting Our Children

  The righteous who walks in his integrity– blessed are his children after him. Proverbs 20:7     Humility I heard a lady in her fifties apologize to a seven year old. The apology to the unrelated child was for something that had happened earlier in the week.  The woman humbled herself to apologize for…

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