In today’s world, we cannot get on social media without reading requests for urgent prayer. People’s lives depend upon prayer; it’s serious! Yet, many people don’t feel like they can get a prayer through or at least they wonder if it is actually possible. In a time when most of society thinks they can have their own truth and demand one of the many gods to obey their commands, people are at a loss for real communication with the one true God that has purposefully designed the only real truth! In short, many people can’t actually get a prayer through! According to God’s Word, there are certain terms for prayers…
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A Recipe for 2021
Many people refer to 2020 as the worst year of their lives. By all accounts, it may have been. There WAS a shortage of toilet paper you know! In all seriousness, I’m sure some people felt like it was their worst year because they lost a loved one, maybe more, to Covid. Others may have lost their jobs and had a hard time feeding their families. Oddly enough, at the same time, some professions required their workers to be profoundly overworked, exposed, and exhausted. Those who didn’t work were hid away in their homes both day and night dealing with moody spouses or the fact that they had no spouse…
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Our Last Day Together
It’s one of those days that happen, when later people ask you, “What were you doing the day Elvis Presley died?” or “What were you doing on September 11th, 2001?” I don’t think I will ever forget March 13th, 2020. At the time, I had no clue the impact it would have on my life or the lives of my students. It was just another day of hustle and bustle in the classroom. However, looking back on the conversations of that day, I get “chill bumps.” I remember standing in front of the classroom trying to convince my students how important it was for them to get into ”high gear”…
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Faith Under His Wings
If you keep cutting corners, you’ll end up with a circle! My son, Isaac, just gifted me with a delightful dose of his daily wisdom. More times than not, his bits of knowledge are hilarious. However, today this piece of enlightenment seemed to mesh quite well with my blog thoughts. The children of Israel wandered in the desert for forty years. Most able-bodied people could have walked the distance in 11 to 14 days! You might ask, “Heaven’s to Betsy, what took them so long?” I can explain, they were cutting corners and “walking in circles,” so to speak! The Israelites kept groaning and giving God reasons why they couldn’t…
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Relentless Faith
Many children today have been lied to so often that they have determined adults can’t be trusted. Momma promised to be home by dark, but she wasn’t. So, the young girl was left home alone, in the dark, scared, and crying. Daddy promised to come to the young boy’s school play, but he had an excuse as to why he never showed. Mommy promised she wouldn’t pawn this year’s Christmas presents from the school, but she did. Daddy promised not to get angry and beat the family anymore, but they still get bruises… often. Adults in today’s world read and hear untruths almost hourly. There is back-biting and drama in…
