Shhhh……the time to celebrate the coming of the King is almost upon us! His glorious appearing is fast approaching. Have you prepared a way? Have you prepared your heart? The …
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The Mother’s Opportunity
This is a portion from a book dated 1883 and it contains excellent advice for mothers.A Mother’s OpportunityMothers, you are the divinely-appointed teachers and guides of your children; and any …
Little Things
Across this world, grand edifices remain for us to admire. What man builds can last a good long time if it be built well. This remains true for the Christian …
Home Government
A very relevant word from 1883. Print, post, and practice for maximum application and blessing.The Home Government –What is it?It is not to watch children with a suspicious eye, to …
Rain
The room slowly darkens. The morning sun has been shrouded with a cloak of impending precipitation packaged in a darkening cloud overhead. The leaves on the trees begin to stir. …
Cold
In the cast of the floodlight of the dark morning hours, the snowflakes descend lightly, haphazardly toward the hardened soil. No precipitation can penetrate its diamond surface now. Ten thousand …
What Now?
“Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight; but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.” …
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Baby Boot Camp
“Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.” Ecclesiastes 9:11As we were …
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Morning Light
“Thou hidden Source of calm repose, Thou all-sufficient Love divine, My Help and Refuge from my foes, Secure I am while Thou art mine: And lo! From sin, and grief, …
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A Life in Order
Our gracious and loving God specializes in calling order out of chaos. We are introduced to Him in the midst of a chaotic void, and we witness Him use the …
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Bridal Shower Devotional
This was the devotional given for Jessica’s bridal shower by Elizabeth RoyI have wondered much lately about the world around us that we don’t see: the forces that surround us, …
To God Be the Glory
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 Johann Sebastian Bach October 25, 2019, 7:00pm at the historic Calvary Church 27 Church Street, Stonington, CTThe organ’s notes descend from the …
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The Face of the Woman He Loves
When women act like women, men act like men. Nothing calls forth the true, noble, masculine nature so surely as pure femininity. Men naturally want to use their strength and …
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Lesson from Marriage
Recently, I was asked to share something that I have learned from marriage. As I was thinking on this, I asked my husband how he would answer. He said, “That’s …
This Little Light of Mine
Babies bring such joy into a home! In fact, they bring joy with them wherever they go. It’s as if they carry within themselves this beautiful light that just shines …
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Ask and Ye Shall Receive
“I go to books and to nature as a bee goes to the flower, for a nectar that I can make into my own honey.” John BurroughsMorning. Ten thousands of …
Breath, No Breath
Nine o’clock in the evening. My husband and I walk the wide corridor of the ICU. Just over an hour ago we were on our way home from dinner with …
Ombra Mai Fu (Never Was A Shade)
“Tender and beautiful fronds of my beloved plane tree, let Fate smile upon you. May thunder, lightning, and storms never disturb your dear peace, nor may you by blowing winds be …
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Homeschool Graduation
For the past 22 years I have been working on a project. This past week that project ended. I’ve learned a few very important lessons that I’d like to share with you. What project? Educating our four children at home.
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A Book To Be Written
The color of the sky is the color of the gray waist-high headstones that surround me in all directions. I wrap my arm around my mother’s thin frame and clasp …