“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” — Proverbs 15:1 (NIV) I have always thought quietness could speak louder than noise. Perhaps it is because the things that have touched my heart most deeply rarely demanded my attention. A hand resting gently on my shoulder. Someone listening without rushing
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“Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.” — John 7:37 NIV Louder and louder, the rain poured down on the old tin roof, and I stopped what I was doing to listen. The grass had turned brown after weeks without rain. The familiar sound of the creek in the distance had grown
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“When my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.” — Psalm 61:2 (KJV) You can love God with all your heart and still have days when life feels like more than you can carry. You can believe in His promises and still cry over circumstances you don’t understand. You
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“Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.” — Proverbs 16:3 NIV When I began Homemakers Cornerstone, I did not have a large audience, a team of employees, or a detailed map showing me exactly how to build a successful business. I had an idea, a collection of skills I
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“But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.”Isaiah 64:8 ESV As a child I remember watching Bob Ross on the big television my parents had in their living room. I remember watching him turn a blank canvas into
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“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!”Matthew 6:22-23 ESV It was like any
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I found myself sitting in the grass on a hill overlooking a sea of different shades of green throughout the fields and trees. I was watching the sunlight change through the leaves as the wind softly blew them back and forth changing the pattern of the shadows on the ground. On the outside it was
Rarity Beyond Measure: God Made Only One You Read Post »
I was writing my next post about preparing for power outages, as I was writing about heat sources and my parents’ old wood stove the Holy Spirit started to speak. I remember the smell of the smoke as dad would light a fire in the old wood stove. Once the flames grew, the sound of
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I watched the flames flicker in the gas fireplace as I warmed my cold sore hands above the vent. I closed my eyes and I started to imagine the heat melting away the pain in my joints only leaving the soothing sensation of relief from old injuries I have acquired through the years. I began
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For the past several days I have watched my husband David work on our front porch. We built the porch last year and we want to add a roof before the winter weather brings snow. I sat in my folding chair and sipped my coffee as I watched how meticulous David was being with every
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