established thoughts {day 16}
Some days, I just feel kinda lost. I don't know how to get a certain principle across to my children, or I am unsure how to respond to something unkind a supposed friend said. And some days, I just feel like any good I try to do means nothing. And then I read...
a crown for old men {day 17}
Today is my youngest daughter's 4th birthday. She is HOOT... and a whirlwind. She has the energy of my entire life in her pinky. [still!] And today, while reading the Proverb, I came to this verse: Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of...
on being a friend {day 18}
At the end of today's Proverb is the verse [24]: A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. One part of what this blog is about my learning to be the right kind of friend - even to YOU, whom I may...
predictions {day 19}
I apologize for my absence yesterday. There is no explanation other than time got away from me, and I did not get this typed. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ As we here in America face elections in just over 2 weeks, many are downcast at the state of our country and the choices offered...
the seed, the Word {day 20}
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. Those by the way side are they that hear...But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. from Luke 8:4-15, the parable...
did you ever talk to God? {day 21}
The Lord has been dealing with my heart about my not praying as I CAN, not being bold in coming before His throne... because only He can help in my time of need! Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in...
multiplying miracles {day 22}
Today I read in Luke 8 of the man of the Gadarenes that was possessed of many devils and whom God healed. After Jesus cast the demons into the swine feeding nearby and the animals died in a lake, the people talked about it. There was likely a frenzy of wondering what...
traveling thoughts {day 23}
Busy day yesterday! In my Proverbs reading yesterday the verses that really stuck out were the first few: When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: and out a knife to thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite... [verses 1...
building a home {day 24}
building a home {day 24} A couple of days ago [I wrote about having increase from my "oxen"] I read in Proverbs 14:1, Every wise woman buildeth her house...And today I read a little more about building a house [home]. In Proverbs 24, I read: Through wisdom is an house...
more dangers {day 25}
Several verses in Proverbs speak of how living in the wilderness or on a rooftop is preferable to living with a contentious or brawling woman... reminded me of a post towards the beginning of the {31 days}. Just as there is something for me to learn from the "strange...
who is my neghbour? {day 26}
Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. Proverbs 27:10 {edited-from 26:10-I turned to the next chapter too soon. oops} I used...
just passing by {day 27}
so, yesterday I read the wrong chapter in Proverbs! Actually, somehow, I read both the correct and the next chapter... at two separate times-{I will often read the chapter several times thorought the day}. I'm still not sure how I did that. [oh well, { 🙂 }] But...
not “goodbye”… but “until we meet again” {day 28}
This moment of being still... comes from a quiet heart, a heart of remembering... and pondering what God has for the future. Life is full of goodbyes... and hellos... and more goodbyes. “The only comfort in saying goodbye is knowing we are in God’s will.” ~wise words!...
the soul’s delight {day 29}
DISCLAIMER: I have no illusions that my children are perfect. Their teachers tell me when they have done wrong to prove it! ...and we have correction discussions multiple times daily. It takes W.O.R.K. And I do realize their ARE children who require extra effort......
wisdom in the little things {day 30}
Wisdom in the little things {day 30} There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the...
good & useful {day 31}
good & useful {day 31} So, Proverbs 31 is {mostly} all about that woman... you know the one: ~"The Proverbs 31 Woman"~ She is often tossed out as an unattainable super-woman. She is labeled as a product of her time ... not something today's woman could ever hope...