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Jewels From The Word
August 26, 2019
Jesus used Peter's boat as a stage to preach from with water as a natural amplification system. He wanted to repay Peter for the use of his boat, so He told Peter to get out away from the shore and let down his nets for a catch of fish. Jesus told Peter, ...
Jewels From The Word
August 19, 2019
I’ve always believed that, given the right information and material, I could do anything. Even years ago when I was in college, I worked on my own typewriters and sewing machines. If I could look it up in a reference book, read it and see it, I co...
Jewels From The Word
August 12, 2019
Mrs. Irene Mitchell my home economic teacher would be so proud, but she would insist I go back through the section of the Home Ec textbook on baking cakes. Even though this cake is turning out perfectly, I didn’t follow procedure. Step One — Gathe...
Jewels From The Word
August 5, 2019
In 1971, when I went to work for the phone company, we operators worked on the old cord board, where operators answered customers by plugging a cord into a lighted hole. At that time, customers could dial local calls, but long distance calls had to ...
Jewels From The Word
July 8, 2019
Every year when school was out, the other kids could be found playing baseball, roller-skating, riding bikes, or swinging, but I was inside reading a book. I got my first library card when I was in the 3rd grade at 8 years old. If you come to my home to ...
Jewels From The Word
July 1, 2019
Don't you just love that story in the Bible about the men who carried their crippled friend up on the rooftop? Then they tore off the roof and let him down on his bed to where Jesus was.What were they thinking? Were they crazy to pull a stunt like that? Where ...
Jewels From The Word
June 24, 2019
Mama used to raise chickens and ducks. Oh, I loved those little babies in the incubator in the warm winter kitchen. The little ducks would flop around in the water, knowing instinctively that they should be swimming, while the baby chicks would do all they co...
Jewels From The Word
June 17, 2019
Years ago, I went to San Antonio to a telephone company school for 2 weeks. That weekend while I was there, several of the students who were from the area invited us who were from out of state to go downtown to The River. We parked on the street, which was al...
Jewels From The Word
June 10, 2019
Sunday is my rest day. After church and lunch, I usually put my nightgown back on and take a nice long nap. When my children were growing up, they knew to be quiet or take a nap themselves. Sometimes we had friends of the children over for Sunda...
Jewels From The Word
June 3, 2019
I’ve had aquariums off and on all my married life. My husband said one time, “I don’t know why you bother with an aquarium. The kids don’t even look at it.” I said, “But I’m not keeping an aquarium for the kids. ...
Jewels From The Word
May 27, 2019
Rahab was the woman of the house, a house of ill repute. When Joshua sent two men into the city of Jericho to scout it out, they were hid by Rahab, who saved their lives. In exchange, she asked for them to "show kindness to my father's house and save alive my ...
Jewels From The Word
May 20, 2019
Mothers know tears. Childbirth? Tears, along with much wailing. Tears when they cut their first tooth, your tears and theirs. Tears when they start kindergarten, followed by sighs of relief, but mother doesn’t talk about it, except to other mo...
