Beth's Blog

How does one’s heart get hardened? One’s ears dull of hearing? Or itchy?  Is it a conscious decision after much study and debate or most likely a mere drift? We get distracted, get busy, or just get out of the habit of prayer.  That is what happens when our faith life is only habit, a hasty, rushed, checklist of spiritual “to do’s”.

Your “manner” of prayer, your interior disposition is more important (humility, gratitude & docility) than your “method” of prayer. Your r...

The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name. Isaiah 49:1   And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear ...

Here is an excerpt I couldn’t resist from one of my commentary’s wise essays on forgiveness…             It is not necessary for us to suffer great...

          If you happen to live in Georgia, pollen season is a bear!  The pollen from our lovely pine trees, while evergreen and lush, is a yellow,...

              New life always brings hope! Hope for a fresh start. Hope for things eternal. Hope that something new can come from something (or ...

          The gyms are full the first two weeks of January and resolutions are firm. Invariably resolutions begin to wane, especially when we lose ...

Will you also go away? John 6:67 What do you think? Matthew 21:28           What will your response be to the gift God gave you in his son, Jesus...

 Advice for a Ponderer....  Strive to Develop these three things: DEEP * DAILY * DESIRE DEEP: thinking, meditating, and pondering about faith, G...