This past month has been very full and overflowing literally! The last week of March my mom and dad came down for a visit from Wisconsin. It was such a blessing to spend time with my parents and they just love seeing their grandchildren. It was pretty cold outside, so we spent time cooking together […]
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Every year around this time people are thinking about gardening. Some people think about Passover. Many more think about Easter, colored eggs, and bunny rabbits. Others think about the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ our Savior. Easter… When I was a child, Easter was a big deal. I did not know anything about Jesus.
The Soil should be your best friend. Treat him well, give him what he needs, and he will give you back a hundred fold. So many people think it is the plant that needs all the care. Rather, I would argue, it is the soil which needs the attention. The soil is the life of
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“Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. When I was a child, I spake
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So funny, for this past week I have struggled to get my blogs posted. There have been obstacles after obstacles. Power outages, no internet service, I have been really sick, my photoshop quit working so I could not do all my graphic work, a camera did not work for some reason, had visitors for one
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Charity “Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.” 1 Corinthians 13:7 Today I want to focus on Bearing All Things…Bearing in the English language also means to endure, to support, to carry. In the original meaning (στέγει stegei) means to cover. We could say we bear a burden or bear a
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Charity “Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;” 1 Corinthians 13:6 Rejoice/verb To feel or show great joy or delight Iniquity/noun Immoral or grossly unfair behavior. Sins against God’s word. Truth/noun That which is true or in accordance with fact or reality. Faithfulness and constancy. Righteous virtue.There are a few ways we can rejoice in iniquity: If we are taking pleasure in our own sin Taking pleasure
Charity, “Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;” I Corinthians 13:5 What are Evil Thoughts? definition of thoughts followed by evil thought patterns in RED An idea or opinion produced by thinking or occurring suddenly in the mind (Judging others) One’s mind or attention (Depression or hatred) An act of considering or remembering someone or something (Dwelling on the negative) An intention, hope, or
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On this Faith Filled Friday, I am going to go into an area that I struggle with… Anger Charity is “not easily provoked” 1 Corinthian 13:5 The word provoked means to give rise to, to stir up the emotions, or incite anger. When you are provoked you are allowing things to incite extreme emotion or
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Would you like to take a step back into time? Would you like to imagine living in a rural village in the 1850s? Lets bring ourselves there if just for a moment, DREAM WITH ME… There you are, sitting in an old log cabin. The floor boards creak with every step from those loose square
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