Home & Homestead Living
“Direct my footsteps according to your Word; let no sin rule over me.” ~ Psalm 119:133 ~ Love the sinner, Hate the sin. “Other religions deal with sins; the Bible alone deals with sin.” ~ Oswald Chambers ~ “There’s one thing we need above everything else; it’s something we don’t talk about these days. We need a mighty avalanche of…
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“And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.” ~ Jeremiah 3:15 ~ “A good sermon is not like a club that beats upon the will but like a sword that cuts to the heart.” ~ Tim Keller ~ “It was strictly forbidden to preach to other prisoners. It was understood…
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~ Happy Cafe ~ My favorite new restaurant is the Happy Cafe in downtown Blackstone in southside Virginia. Blackstone is a small town, about 3650 people, in Nottoway County which has fewer than 16,000 people. As soon as I entered the Happy Cafe and heard jazz playing, I knew I’d like it. The food is delicious and made on-site; their…
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~ Honey Buns, one of God’s finest Jersey cows ~ (photo by Ashley Fisher) “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and…
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“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” ~ Psalm 119:105 ~ “As the world grows increasingly dark, remember that you are the light of the world. Don’t waste energy lamenting bad things over which you have no control. Pray about these matters, but refuse to let them haunt your thoughts. Instead, focus your…
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“Lord, we show our trust in you by obeying your laws; our hearts desire is to glorify your name.” ~ Isaiah 26:8 ~ “It is not reputation, fame, success or religiosity that glorifies God, it’s slavery.” ~ indonesia123 ~ “Give me 100 preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God; such alone will shake the gates of…
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It’s been a long while, six years to be exact, since Dave died and for several of those years, I’ve wanted to move closer to family. To each of you who have prayed, thank you so very much! God’s timing is always perfect because He sees through the lens of eternity while we see only the here and now. Oswald…
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“I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God; than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness.” ~ Psalm 84:10 ~ “Never pray to be a better slave when God is trying to get you out of your situation.” ~ Shannon L. Alder ~ “He who lays up treasurers on earth spends his life backing away from…
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~ my newest love, my grand nephew, Mason Bennett W. ~ “And the parched ground shall become a pool.” ~ Isaiah 35:7 ~ “We always have visions, before a thing is made real. When we realize that although the vision is real, it is not real in us, then is the time that Satan comes in with his temptations, and…
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HA! Bet you might have thought something else, eh? Recently, it was my extreme pleasure to go on a small group tour of the Lake District, UK with Helen Bertram of Whitecroft Traditional Tours. It was, in one word, excellent; to use two words…most excellent. All I had to do was show up and be taken care of; long time…
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“Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.” ~ Proverbs 16:24 ~ If you can’t say anything nice Don’t say anything at all. ~ Mom ~ For most folks, it doesn’t cost anything extra to be nice. “Not only do I think being nice and kind is easy, but being kind, in my opinion,…
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