It’s the quiet blessings. The ones done behind the scenes. Done from the most vulnerable, sincere place of love. Blessings that are discovered long after they are given. I met a blessing giver of this
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Author: Christy Bass Adams
Christy Bass Adams, is the Outreach and Connections Coordinator at Fellowship Baptist Church in Madison, Florida. She is also a writer and had her first devotional book published in summer of 2022 (Big Lessons from Little People) followed by a middle grade novel (Imagination Checkers) in 2023, and the sequel (The Secret Door) in 2024. More recently she has published a Bible study entitled, Called to Christ. Her most important role, however, is with her family as a wife of 21 years and mother to two country boys. She worked in education for over 18 years at both the elementary and collegiate levels. Her favorite pastimes are fishing and sitting around a fire. For more from Christy, visit her blog at christybassadams.com.
Smarter Not Harder Faith
For more than a decade, someone in our family grew a garden and I put up vegetables every year. I canned acre peas, cream peas, pink eye purple hull peas, and zipper peas. I even
Read moreHuman Icebergs
I knew her as a fellow believer, animal lover, and musically inclined. When I met her, she was in the last few years of a nursing career and looking forward to retirement. She was quick
Read moreThe Casualties of War
The waving flags out front claimed All are Welcome. Sarah pulled into the parking lot, hoping it was true. After her five-year relationship with Sid ended, she’d been binging on everything and isolating from everyone.
Read moreWhat Did Early Christians Practice?
There is much debate among believers and scholars as to the greatest spiritual discipline in the life of a Christian. Some would argue that reading and studying the scriptures is the most important because without
Read moreMake My Home a Refuge
They called her Mama Bass. Our friends from band, school, and church claimed her as their own. On any given night we could have a table full of extra people and my mom loved every
Read moreTake the Time
My husband asked me to sit and watch them work on an outside clean up project. The temperature wasn’t ideal, I was just getting over the flu, and had a million reasons to stay inside.
Read moreThankful for the Thorns
Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 2
Read moreBack in School
In May of 2002 I graduated with my Associate of Arts and had no idea what four-year degree I wanted to pursue. I spent the summer researching and trying new things, hopeful I would gain
Read moreThe Junk Room
A Bigger Mess The junk room. The one space in the house where random items hide. Memories. Baskets. Sports equipment. Odd pieces of flooring. Picture frames. Newspaper clippings. Kids’ drawings. Some special items. Lots of
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