I want to pay tribute to wonderful people I have known, the wonderful country in which I live, the communities in which I have lived, the churches who have claimed me as their own, the God who sends shivers down my back when I really give him a portion of my time—well, maybe not shivers but tears flow easily in some of those most priceless times.
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SIZE OF A HOUSE DOES NOT MAKE A HOME
YARD SALE TODAY – ANTIQUES, COLLECTIBLES, MEMORABILIA Someone had hand painted a picture on a mirror. Curious, I picked it up. Note on back: OUR HOME 1928-1936. SHARECROPPED FOR EDWARDS. CYRUS & LUCY BORN HERE. JUDITH LIVED WITH US. HAPPY … Continue reading
Posted in family, Rochelle's picture prompt, Uncategorized
Tagged family, love, poverty, riches, Rochelle's picture prompt
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BETTIN’ BILLY
Bettin’ Billy walked with a swag He’d won four grand betting on the nag. No one else thought she would win So the pay-off was good for him. He looked around and saw a good-time girl They had ten … Continue reading
Posted in gambling, homeless, Uncategorized
Tagged CASA, foster care, gambling, homeless, meth, poverty
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ANCESTRAL FATHERS
I came to be by way of a little hanky panky back in the long ago, by way of the Moores, who are said to be offspring of the Campbells of the infamous traitorous treatment of them toward a … Continue reading
Posted in fathers' day, generations, Uncategorized
Tagged ancestors, disadvantaged, family, family roots, fathers, generations, legacy, love of family, poverty
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BUDGET #4
Well, dear readers, I am stymied! I can’t prove by the Bible what I was going to present as my reason number four that God sometimes does not seem to be Jehovah-Jireh, God our Provider. So I have no reason … Continue reading
Posted in budget, God's provision, Uncategorized
Tagged budget, finances, God the provider, hunger, Jehovah-Jireh, job, poverty, spiritual testing
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NAOMI-MARI
She seemed like a misfit in that room of misfits—clean and well groomed in decent clothing, almost regal, tall, thin, with beautiful gray hair arranged neatly in a coiled bun on top of her head. The coil had a black pick through it … Continue reading