Power in the Wake

By Beth | August 29, 2014

  The weather was perfect, the scenery was beautiful, and tour informative and interesting. I was standing at the railing of a large ship puttering around the coastline of the Bay at St. Michael’s, Maryland. As I looked down on a small motor boat the Captain made an announcement to be sure to use the…

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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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