What Makes It So Good?

By Beth | April 18, 2014 |

My husband and I were planning to attend Good Friday services. At the beginning of the week I asked about inviting some people over after the service for fellowship.  As I was talking about a fun get-together I questioned whether it was appropriate for the day we remember Christ’s suffering and death. My initial thought…

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Persevering in Parenting

By Beth | April 15, 2014 | Comments Off on Persevering in Parenting

Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart. Proverbs 29:17   I certainly did not do it all right as far as parenting went. The one situation that stands out among others (I like to call it my “Mother of the Year” moment) was when both of…

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Common Ground – Peter and Me

By Beth | April 12, 2014 |

It seems that every day I am offered a ton of reading. Friends on Facebook post links to article after article. If I read everything suggested it would be all I did in a day. Why I choose one to read over another I have no idea. Marketing experts tell me it is what’s in…

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To Correct or Not to Correct

By Beth | April 8, 2014 | Comments Off on To Correct or Not to Correct

  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 know that I can be pretty self-righteous sometimes but every once in a while I get this urge to just scream at people about the way they are…

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5 Things My Mother Did Right

By Beth | April 5, 2014 |

This morning I was talking to a young Mom who made a statement about wishing that her mother had been more pro-active in teaching her how to clean. I recalled for her how my mother did it for me and how I regret that I did not follow suit with my own children. It wasn’t…

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Where Does It Hurt?

By Beth | April 1, 2014 | Comments Off on Where Does It Hurt?

  He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”              Revelation 21:4   The room was filling with Moms, Grandmas, sisters, children, nurses, school teachers, and a…

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