Just for Women

Rain on a tin roof this morning.

The rocking chairs out in the ash grove sit quiet, solid — steady in the wind.

Steady in the wind. They're calling for another inch of rain today, for it to just keep coming.

Our Hope-girl makes brownies, shakes the...

 

So after dinner, she picks coneflowers in the garden.

Cradles the long stems in her apron skirt, carries them up through the picket gate.

And she turns to me on the top step of the porch, holds her apron out to me, all those purple petals — art in an apron...

 

He had whined about going but church camp meant only six days away from home. I wondered if my 11-year-old son, Russell, our homebody child would make the full camp session. He left on a Sunday and my first phone call from Camp Director C. D. Davis came on...

 

Our family loves dogs. We live on a large farm, so we have several. Some of them were adopted from the animal shelter while others are pure-bred. They each have their own unique personality and character traits. If you put all of our dogs in one room, besides...

 

Life Presses In

At a loss, Cynthia fingered the intricate lace bordering her handmade pillowcase. Its silken threads slide through her fingers. Just like life's energy she thought mournfully. I don't want to get up. What's the point? With Jack gone for the...

 

I Love the Rain

We have a screened-in sun porch where I love to sit, especially when it's raining. There's just something about the sound and smell of rain that is soothing, even refreshing. I read an inspiring story recently about a young woman...

 

Charm can be deceptive and physical beauty will not last, but a woman who reveres the Eternal should be praised above all others. Celebrate all she has achieved. Let all her accomplishments publicly praise her
(Proverbs 31:30-31 The Voice)


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Real beauty...

 

About a month ago, I was at my daughter's house keeping my granddaughter when I saw a flash of red go past the window. When I investigated, I found that the wind had taken their patio umbrella into a neighbor's yard. I took off in hot pursuit and just as I...

 

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree...

 

 

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