A Fine Fine

By Beth | August 25, 2014

I was so concerned about the route signs that I wasn’t paying attention to the speed limit signs. I had been on the road for thirteen hours and lost for the last thirty minutes. Thinking I was finally on the right road to my daughter’s house, I was watching for road signs, knowing I still…

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Hard Stuff, Good God

By Beth | August 22, 2014

  Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips. Job 2:10b   The world is a hard place to live in right now. I recently read an article that broke my heart about Christian children being beheaded and their heads put…

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Protect Us From Evil

By Beth | August 18, 2014

    Right now, though I am not “losing sleep afraid”, I am “what on earth is coming to the U.S.?” afraid. I know the Bible tells us many times, “Fear not.” I watched a video this morning with an ISIS soldier promising to “put a black flag over the White House, god willing.” http://foxnewsinsider.com/2014/08/08/new-isis-video-%E2%80%98we-will-raise-black-flag-over-white-house%E2%80%99.…

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Discipline Starts at the Store

By Beth | August 8, 2014

“Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed             is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Matthew 26:41   I have been in a bad mood for hours and I am not happy about it. Who else gets moody over a mood? When I finally took a deep breath and asked…

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9 Ways to Be a Good Friend

By Beth | August 1, 2014

  Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17 She was the first Bible-believing Christian I was ever around. We met in childbirth classes and realized we lived in the same neighborhood. I remember sitting at her kitchen table with our little babies and she would talk about the Lord like He was an…

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Discouraged by Yes

By Beth | July 29, 2014

I have a discouraged friend. She was excited to have recruited plenty of help well in advance of a big project. Now, the event is close and the recruited help is not turning out to be committed help. She thought everything would be easily accomplished on the big day. She now has twice the work…

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