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What comes to mind as we embark on another new year are these words from the well-known and beloved hymn, “Amazing Grace,” “Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come; ‘Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home.” It has always amazed me how jubilant and excited […]
By Jeannette Haley Everyone who has a stove knows that the burners on the back are commonly referred to as the backburners. On our glass-top stove, there are three of them, one of which is simply for warming. All three are smaller in circumference than the front burners. The two front burners accommodate larger […]
By Jeannette Haley “While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.” – Song of Solomon 1:12 In our Bible study recently, a question was asked that is the inspiration behind this short article. The question, which apparently was a topic of discussion, is “Why did Mary wipe Jesus’ […]
By Jeannette Haley Recently there was a great deal of flap over a Republican Sikh woman’s prayer on the second day of the RNC convention. Harmeet Dhillon, with covered head, led the invocation to her pagan god and stated that “Vaheguru, is our one true god.” While we didn’t watch the convention as a […]
By Jeannette Haley How beautiful, entertaining and sometimes hilarious it is to watch thecuriosity of newborns in both the human and animal worlds! What would life bewithout curiosity? There is just something askew when a human being prefers tolapse into a zombie state of mind and chooses to become disinterested anddetached from everything and everybody […]
By Jeannette Haley Inconveniences are just part of life no matter how much time, money, and energy we expend trying to eradicate them from our own personal environment. Let’s face it, we all love having things convenient for our use whether it’s indoors or out. When you think about the details of your daily life, […]
By Jeannette Haley “The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing.” –Psalm 92:12-14 […]
By Jeannette Haley “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” – Proverbs 29:19a What does it mean that people perish if there is no vision? The Hebrew word for “vision” in this Scripture is “chazown” which means “a sight” (mentally) i.e. a dream, revelation or oracle. The idea here is that if the people […]
By Jeannette Haley “Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?” – Genesis 3:1b The unmistakable hiss of that old serpent, Satan, can still be heard covering the whole earth, yet every generation of mankind automatically listens to his flood of unceasing lies. Few ever stop to think, discern […]
By Jeannette Haley “I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine” Solomon’s Song 6:3 It is quite obvious that the cycles and rhythms of American traditions continue to function in spite of all the world-shaking events that rage over and around us. They are as predictable as the drumbeats at a Pow Wow. For example, […]