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Jewels From The Word
November 13, 2017
Warm days, cool nights. Rainy days. Leaves turning autumn colors. I love the seasons of the year. Can't say which I love more. Each has its own special treats.Seasons change. Nothing stays the same. We are born, we live, we die. Some have called it futile, but ...
Jewels From The Word
November 6, 2017
I’ve always wanted to travel, especially Ireland. My ancestors were probably from Ireland (and Scotland and England.) I'd love to visit the countryside where my ancestors lived and listen to the people speak the Irish language, Gaelic, or English with an ...
Jewels From The Word
October 30, 2017
Oatmeal for breakfast with honey and pecans—the perfect fall breakfast. When I was a kid, I hated oatmeal. Gummy, gooey, stick-in-your-throat mess. I forced mine down with toast. We ate cornmeal mush, sometimes fried in bacon grease, or boiled rice,...
Jewels From The Word
October 24, 2017
Why didn’t I pay attention when my uncles and Daddy talked about World War II? When the men gathered at our house to visit, the ladies were visiting or cooking, and the kids were playing outside or washing dishes and doing chores. Everyone had ...
Jewels From The Word
October 16, 2017
I was going through some older stuffed animals in the spare bedroom recently, when I ran across a stuffed bear in nightclothes and a nightcap. As I cuddled him, I remembered that he used to have a heart, which I found in the dresser drawer. I found a...
Jewels From The Word
October 9, 2017
I have an evening kitchen routine. I do the dishes or at least load the dishwasher, wipe down the counters, and sometimes sweep the floors before shutting off the lights. It is a joy to get up to a clean kitchen every morning. Developing routines helps u...
Jewels From The Word
October 2, 2017
Imagine God telling you to go to Las Vegas and walk the streets, telling the people, "In forty days, Las Vegas will be overthrown." Imagine walking down the sidewalk in front of the MGM Grand Hotel where the golden lion sits guarding the entrance to the g...
Jewels From The Word
September 25, 2017
My little daughter who is grown was one of those kids who walked all around the coffee table when she was learning to walk, touching as she went, never letting go. She could walk all over the house touching the walls or chairs, and if there wasn't something to ...
Jewels From The Word
September 18, 2017
“Wasn’t this the holiest place, where only the high priest was allowed to enter? How could we enter it so casually?” The tourist thought to himself as he entered the Holy Place in the tabernacle in southern Israel. Of course, i...
Jewels From The Word
September 11, 2017
Daniel was one of four of the most prominent Jews in Babylon. He and the three Hebrew children—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—obeyed the law even in a foreign country where they had been carried captive. Through the lions’ den and the fiery ...
Jewels From The Word
September 4, 2017
When I got my iphone several years ago, I was excited about being able to use “Siri,” the Apple built-in assistant which answers questions and follows commands. All you have to do is hold down the Home button or say, “Hey Siri” and she a...
Jewels From The Word
August 31, 2017
One of the banks in our town advertises that it is “the oldest national bank in the state of Oklahoma still operating under its original charter, a safe place to keep your money in troubled times." I haven’t been doing very well at saving money or c...
