I thought this an appropriate reminder for Thanksgiving: Count your troubles, name them one by one–at the breakfast table, if anybody will listen, or as soon as possible thereafter. Worry every day about something. Don’t let yourself get out of practice. It won’t add a cubit to your stature but it might burn a few calories. Pity yourself. If you …
Counting My Blessings
The hospitality of strangers-turned-friends. Older girls who are good examples to my little girl. . . Fun time with family…even if it was short. .Safe flights, and uneventful security screenings! (Traveling in the midst of the TSA chaos, and we had no idea.) .A church family – that has become like family. .Studying and discussing God’s Word with dear friends. …
Testing the State of Our Souls
“…most have no heart for God’s service.  They have no delight in God’s presence or God’s day. ‘The carnal mind is enmity against God.’  The moment a man’s heart is converted, these pretended difficulties about attending public worship vanish away.  The new heart finds no trouble in keeping the Sabbath holy.  Where there is a will there is always a way. …
What Were You Made For?
You can’t make proper use of a thing unless you know what it was made for, whether it is a safety pin or a sailboat. To me it is a wonderful thing to be a woman under God – to know, first of all that we were made (“So God created man in his own image, in the image of …
From the Lips of Children…
“Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!†~Psalm 118:1  . Hannah and I read this verse at breakfast this morning. Then, I asked Hannah for some examples of “good things†that the Lord has done for us, that we could thank Him for.  . Honestly, I expected to hear her list her …