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Jewels From The Word
February 4, 2019
My Valentines from first grade showed up at Mother's home a few years ago. What a treat! Names I hadn't thought of in 30 years showed up wishing me Happy Valentine's Day. Be Mine. U R sweet. With love. Best friends. In 1999, Mother's home was flooded with ...
Jewels From The Word
January 28, 2019
Right after it snowed, I set a bird feeder on my potting bench where I can see it from my desk. I put a camera on a ledge hoping to take a picture of a pair of cardinals but haven’t had any success yet. Birds must have very sharp eyes to detect mov...
Jewels From The Word
January 23, 2019
Grandmother had a feather bed on top of her mattress. When I lay my body down at night, the feather bed enveloped me with sheer luxury, conforming to my every shape. Grandmother and I would lie there in peace, sweet peace, softly talking until I drifted off to...
Jewels From The Word
January 14, 2019
Just the sight of a new blank calendar with pretty landscape scenes thrills me, but by the end of the year, my calendar isn't so pretty anymore. Crossed out and erased events, schedule changes, unexpected interruptions, last-minute changes, even tragedies have...
Jewels From The Word
January 7, 2019
The first time I tried to butcher my own meat I found out the importance of the right equipment. We used a hatchet to detach the joints and a hacksaw to cut through the bones. I discovered that the knife I owned commonly known as a butcher knife wouldn’t ...
Jewels From The Word
December 31, 2018
The dearest place on earth to my heart for many years was the old wooden altar where I asked Jesus to be my Savior when I was 7 years old. And I frequently knelt there in that same tear-stained spot at my end of the altar to meet my Lord in prayer. Years late...
Jewels From The Word
December 17, 2018
Christmas has sure changed around our house. When our children were at home, our whole Christmas revolved around school and church plays."Over the river and through the woods to Grandmother's house we go. The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh in the whit...
Jewels From The Word
December 10, 2018
When we were kids, we always got our Christmas tree the last day of school before Christmas, given to us by the school teachers. Every year for many years, we put the tree up on Christmas Eve and left it up until New Year’s Day. After I had my own home, I...
Jewels From The Word
December 3, 2018
Our holiday has always revolved around school and church Christmas programs. "Away in the manager, no crib for his bed, the little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head." Baby's first song, sung at home and at the church altar for the grown-ups when we were too s...
Jewels From The Word
November 26, 2018
One time years ago, I asked my little 4-year-old grandson what he wanted for Christmas and hesaid, "Just four things," holding up four fingers. "A motorcycle, a four-wheeler, a race car and a flat-bed diesel Dooley." It took me a while to figure out what he wa...
Jewels From The Word
November 12, 2018
My husband loves to hunt and we eat the meat he harvests. I make spaghetti, meat loaf, chili, and chicken-fried steak from the meat he brings in. My dear hubby is a pretty good cook, too. His deer jerky is popular with all the family and friends. Genesis 25:27-...
Jewels From The Word
November 6, 2018
"Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them. Then he gave them to the disciples to set before the people." Luke 9:16 NIVEvidently Jesus always thanked God for his food. He thanked God for these small amo...
