Hold That Tongue

By Beth | July 16, 2009

  I remember when my daughter was in college and was being trained to be a Resident Assistant in the dorms. She called me one night and said they had been doing role-plays of possible dorm situations. She said, “Mom, I have no mercy!” (The apple didn’t fall far from the tree!) I asked her…

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Under His Wings

By Beth | July 13, 2009

  It happened again yesterday. We’ve been living in our new house for just about three weeks. We moved from an urban setting in Reading, Pa. to a suburb. In that three weeks countless people have said, “I’m so glad you’re out of the city!’ Each time it breaks my heart. We spent the last…

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Waiting…

By Beth | July 9, 2009

What does it mean to trust God?  When we fail to wait for God are we failing to trust God?   When we pray about something we want an immediate answer.  We live in an auto-response world.  There is no consideration among us about timing being right.  We want what we want when we want…

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Awesome Deeds

By Beth | July 7, 2009

Psalm 66:5  Come and see what God has done: He is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man. My husband I recently moved to a new town. (Location, Location, Location). It was hard work after living in our last house for 24 years. Both of our children grew up there and we had…

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Time to Speak

By Beth | July 3, 2009

  Ecclesiastes 1, 7, For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: …a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; Some who read this will wish I had remained silent on this issue and actually, I have for…

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Slightly Annoying

By Beth | June 29, 2009

  She didn’t even acknowledge me today at church. They went to lunch and didn’t invite me. I can’t believe her daughter went on that trip and didn’t tell my daughter she was going. She was in town for a wedding and didn’t even call me! I’m not speaking to her again until she apologizes!…

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