Author: Kathy Sheldon Davis
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The Thoroughly Involved Dad – Proverbs 3
Do you like to be told you’re wrong? I’m a little nervous because twice in the last 24 hours the theme of discipline has shown up in my Bible reading. Here’s what I found just now in the third chapter of Proverbs. “My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline or be weary of his…
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How to Know God, and more – Proverbs 2
The first five verses of Proverbs 2 actually show us how we can find the knowledge of God. That’s pretty crazy, right? All that he is – so far beyond what we can imagine, and these few words will tell us how to know him. Amazing. Look at how chapter 2 starts. “My son, if…
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An Amish Garden – A Book Review
In this collection of four novellas I particularly liked “Where Healing Blooms,” by Vanetta Chapman. Emma Hochstetter is a widow, mother, and grandmother whose prayer is that her elderly mother-in-law will never die and leave her alone on their little farm. As she straightens herself up from weeding her garden, knees popping and shoulders aching,…
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Wisdom is a Noisy Lady – Proverbs 1
How much noise can you tolerate? Because of my sensitive hearing, I withdraw from situations where the noise level is uncomfortably loud. If I’m behaving foolishly, however, I want wisdom to raise her voice. In the first chapter of Proverbs there’s a list of warnings for those who ignore wise counsel. “Wisdom cries aloud in the street,…
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Boundaries are a Good Thing, part 2
Continued from Boundaries are a Good Thing, part 1. As I reached down to tickle her neck and laugh with her silliness, a car sped around the corner. It screeched to narrowly avoid hitting a wayward dog loping down the middle of the road. I gripped my daughter’s hand and we watched the dog continue…
