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    "Hands, Mamaw"

    April 20, 2018

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    "And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, 'Father, into Your hands, I commit My spirit.' Having said this, He breathed His last." Luke 23:46 (NASB)

               

           Our youngest grandson, two-year-old Emmitt, was...

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    God's Favorites

    March 23, 2018

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    "You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name." John 15:16  (NLT)

         "David, be nice to your cousin," I reminded my five-year-old grandson. He was ignoring Ria,...

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    Life Matters

    February 26, 2018

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    "Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God." (Luke 12:6, NIV)

    My little dachshund murdered a bird today. It was learning how to fly. As I left the sidewalk to get the mail, Ike, my trusty sidekick, nosed around a bush. The way h...

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    Stubborn Piece of Tile

    January 26, 2018

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    "Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a sleeping mat. They tried to take him inside to Jesus, 19 but they couldn’t reach him because of the crowd. So they went up to the roof and took off some tiles. Then they lowered the sick man on his mat down into the crowd, r...

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    Chapstick and All!

    February 9, 2017

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     "For His (God's) eyes are upon the ways of a man, and He sees all his steps." Job 34:21 (NASB)

        

           I love Chapstick. It's my lip protector of choice. Little tubes of it reside in my purses and pockets, nightstand and desktop, next to my favorite...

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    "It's Not Too Hard"

    January 5, 2017

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                Puzzles abound at Mamaw's house. They are my secret weapon for keeping little people happy and occupied. However, when my three-year old granddaughter appears with a puzzle a bit over her age level, I tell her, "I don't know about that one, Annabelle. I thi...

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    "No Bunnies, No Flowers, No Lizards"

    November 30, 2016

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    " Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vines;
     even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty, yet I will rejoice in the Lord! I will...

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    Lost!

    October 18, 2016

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     "I have wandered away like a lost sheep; come and find me, for I have not forgotten your commands." Psalms 119:176 (NLT)

               

                Recently, I was in a checkout line when a teary-eyed, young girl came to th...

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    A Good Mama

    September 21, 2016

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    "Her children stand and bless her. Her husband praises her: 'There are many virtuous and capable women in the world, but you surpass them all!'" Proverbs 31:28-29 (NLT)

    This past August, my mom and I celebrated two milestone birthdays. She turned eighty and I turned six...

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    A Day with Grandsons

    August 16, 2016

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    "Love is patient, love is kind." I Corinthians 13:4a (NASB)

               Recently, I babysat my two grandsons for the day. A new first, all went reasonably well until suppertime. The plan was to feed both the three-year-old and the ten-month old, bath them, take them to t...

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