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Don’t Spurn Leftovers or Recycled Food. It Might be Just What You Need!
We had a failed peach cobbler this week: too doughy. Unfortunately, I’d also doubled the recipe! So I looked online for some inspiration and decided to slice up a few pieces, then fried them. But they were too greasy for … Continue reading
Humour in the Bible
We’d gone to a production in the school hall. A well-known playwright from the big city had directed it, but imagine our delight when we saw that he’d cast our next-door neighbour perfectly… as herself! Idiosyncrasies that we saw daily, … Continue reading
What would we do without them?
Sometimes I wonder how the economy would run without the people who work for nothing. If volunteers suddenly downed tools and went on strike, would services and industries grind to a halt? Well, it’s not likely to happen because volunteers … Continue reading
I Don’t Want to Droop!
In my precious old secretaire, there are two small things that I’m keeping for posterity. I think they’ve been with me since I was married! I recently went to my desk and held them in my hand, running my fingers … Continue reading
Posted in A Personal relationship with God, Devotions and Reflections
Tagged a good word makes the heart glad, God's pegs, hanging out the washing, hearing from God through small things, prophecy in the church, Proverbs 12:25, retrieving memoriesvia small things, The Modern English Version of the Bible, wooden pegs
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A Reward for the Fisherman and the Shepherd
Let’s think about the final event the apostle John wrote in his story of Jesus. It’s interesting that he used a similar scene to the one he described near the beginning of his gospel. The first was on the beach … Continue reading
Rain on the Roof
Babies suck their thumbs, or carry a favourite blanket until it’s a mere scrap. Food is a comfort for some people, while others enjoy a warm drink for relief. Many go shopping to boost their contentment-levels. As a child, I … Continue reading
Seeing Past the Brick Wall
In my 2015 post, A Brick Wall by the Family Tree, I lamented a lack of information about my husband’s maternal aunt, Irene May Hampton. Her line stopped at her 1926 marriage to Ernest Joseph Sheppard, a bachelor, we’re told. … Continue reading
Posted in Devotions and Reflections, looking in the right direction
Tagged 1 Corinthians 3: 13-15, 1939 Register of England and Wales, ancestry.com, Irene May Hampton, Irene May Johnson, Irene May Sheppard, John the Baptist, leaving a valuable legacy, Matthew 11:11, Only One Life by Charles Thomas Studd, The Lord Jesus Christ
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