Priming the Pump Although my South Georgia grandparents had indoor plumbing, they also had an outdoor hand pump on their back porch. As someone who grew up in the suburbs of Washington, D. C., that
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Are Our Lamps Trimmed and Burning?
Are Our Lamps Trimmed and Burning? The inspiration for this post is the Spiritual, “Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning”. Slaves sang this song as a reminder that they must stay alert amid distraction, danger,
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Control What We Can Control During a prolonged drought-causing oppressive heat wave that hit our area of Texas last summer, I learned several things. The most important, I believe, is that we can only control
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Pursued or Stalked? Lately, I’ve considered the difference between the words pursued and stalked. They are synonyms, but in my mind, they have two very different meanings. Pursued When my son was in elementary school
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Prodigal Last month, I wrote about Samuel’s mother, Hannah. Today, I’d like to look at the prodigal son’s father. When you hear the word prodigal, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Wayward? Lost?
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Lessons From Hannah As we celebrate our mothers here in the United States, there are many lessons we can learn from Hannah, the prophet Samuel’s mother. She arrived on the scene at a time in
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Surrender to God’s Plan Sometimes we are called to surrender our loved ones to God’s plan for him to work in their lives. This surrender may be difficult. Especially when God’s plan may not seem
Read moreTwelve Lessons We Can Learn From Two Marys
Lessons from Mary the Mother of Jesus In her book, The Path to Peace, Ann Swindell discusses lessons we can learn from different women in the Bible. The following six lessons are lessons Ann suggests
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The Invitation We were invited. Last year my husband and I received an invitation to attend the wedding of a friend. The wedding was to be held in Paris. Oh, my goodness. I’ve known Brian
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Consuming Fire Through the years, I’ve witnessed first-hand how absolutely devastating a consuming fire can be. From a car accident that ignited a fire so intense and destructive it melted the car, resulting in third
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