Christian Charity

By Beth | September 4, 2015 | Comments Off on Christian Charity

  For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me. Mark 14:7   My Christian neighbor had come home from her work at the local welfare office and was furiously sweeping her front porch. When I asked her if…

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Termites!

By Beth | September 1, 2015 | Comments Off on Termites!

  Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to build…Ezra 4:4   “No bugs.” That was my rule when we lived in our city home. It required an exterminator but we lived bug free. Now, outside the city, as I was planting my garden last Spring, I…

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It’s All About Upbringing

By Beth | August 28, 2015 |

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.  Ephesians 6:4   “We can’t sit around and lament, ‘Well that’s how we were raised.’ We have to sit and talk about how we can restore.” This statement was made by a man who grew…

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Comfortable Complacency

By Beth | August 25, 2015 |

  For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them.         Proverbs 1:32   No one can do everything. Everyone can do something. I had been experiencing a seemingly unproductive day. Bible study, a walk, phone calls, emails, and social media (and eating, of course). None of these seem…

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Inspiration or Invitation

By Beth | August 21, 2015 |

… because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9   I recently talked to a woman who has very clear ideas about who she believes Jesus “was.” She was surprised when I suggested that…

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Rest for the Weary

By Beth | August 18, 2015 | Comments Off on Rest for the Weary

    And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.     Galatians 6:9   She is not weary from doing good, she is weary from arguing with other Christians about the “good” she does. She and her husband are abolitionists.…

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