Christianity – No “Buts” Allowed

By Beth | September 14, 2015

“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

  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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Christian Charity

By Beth | September 4, 2015

  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

  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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