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"Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' Or 'What shall we drink?' Or 'What shall we wear?' For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His...
As a Senior citizen, I often think back to my childhood and the way we improvised, to compensate for lack of money. I smile when I remember the things my brothers and sisters and I did for snacks, so many years ago. It was during the years of the great depression and...
I pray that you will find this message worth while. It is not me jumbling on about something; I am jumbling on about something that I base my life around, so that I am not stressed about pleasing God. Read until the end so you may learn the whole message. I pray that...
My husband and I took a very special trip this past Christmas. In celebration of our 25th wedding anniversary, he took me on a surprise trip to New Zealand. It was an exceptional trip all around, and we learned many interesting facts. One of the facts that surprised...
"You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world." (1 John 4:4) Although the calendar was barely registering December, my son-in-law got the train down from the attic. To the delight of...
“Then said I, “Here am I, send me.” (Isaiah 6:7b) When God saved me at age 16, I was the most shy, bashful teenager you have ever seen but I made a promise to God this time. I told Him one morning in my Sunday school class, “God, you know how talking to strangers...
I once heard someone say, ‘I’ll make him eat his words!’ and the thought intrigued me. How on earth can anyone eat his words? Words are such curious things, and they do take on life as we know from the poems and hymns we remember from our childhood. I was reminded of...
“While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Winter and summer, And day and night Shall not cease.” (Genesis 8:22); "You have set all the borders of the earth; You have made summer and winter." (Psalm 74:17). In all of the seasons of the year, winter...
"And Hamar and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, saying, These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade in it. And the land-behold, it is of wide extent before them. We will take their...
I met a lonely widow woman the other day. She had a visitor staying with her, a paying guest, to support her and her son in their time of financial stress. The paying guest was generous and they felt safe while he was with them. They felt he somehow protected them...
It's amazing how much noise 30 kids, ages 4-12 can make. Especially in a small, block-construction room. As I stared at the person standing three feet away from me, I knew he was speaking because I could see his lips moving, but I couldn't hear a word he was saying....
Note: Picton and Bargo are towns on the Southern rail line in Australia, and ‘Bushells’ is a brand name of tea used by Australians over many decades. During the early 1950’s, road competition between rail and freight was fierce. Strict instructions were given to...
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and will make your paths straight." (Proverbs 3:5,6) My husband and I were threading our way down the path from our trek up to the waterfall. Nothing around....