Plant Thick and Feed

By Beth | June 10, 2014

I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.   Psalm 119:16 When we lived in the city of Reading we had a neighbor who was a horticulturalist by profession. He was one of those great neighbors who would  do anything for you and he felt really sorry for me and my…

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Looking Under the Covers

By Beth | June 6, 2014

  I often pray for God to give me good illustrations and applications for something I am writing. Illustrations help to get a point across that may be difficult to grasp. Yesterday, He gave me an illustration to increase my own understanding. There is a couple in our church who are actively working with a…

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Our Inconvenient Kids

By Beth | June 3, 2014

  Kids can be a real inconvenience. When all we want to do is get a job done When we want to read in peace so we can grasp whatever we’re trying to understand When we want to get in and out of a store at lightning speed When we want to get from the…

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An Act of God

By Beth | May 30, 2014

  Plead with the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail.  Exodus 9:28a   Twelve minutes of hail. This was no ordinary hail, golf balls and rocks coming from the heavens with a force I had never seen before. My car was totaled but it was in good shape compared to many…

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Kids and Kindness

By Beth | May 27, 2014

 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Galatians 5:14   At a recent picnic we attended we met a family who were baffled by their neighbors “kids”. These “kids” are in their twenties. The two of them were home alone when there was a knock on…

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Bonding Time

By Beth | May 23, 2014

My house saw some serious action on Sunday. We had invited some people from our church to come for lunch. This house has rarely seen this many children at one time! It was a lot of fun, and as usual, God taught me some things! One family has a young boy who they have recently…

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