I asked God to give me prosperity so I could be happy with my riches. God gave me poverty that brought wisdom saying, “Instead, I will reward you with the fruits of your labor.” I asked God to take my pain away so with good health I could carry out great things. God allowed me […]
Do to various factors like climate and landscape; it becomes difficult to tell annual, perennial and biennial flowers from one another. Moreover, some of the flowers belong to each class. To eliminate confusion, use the explanations below for guidance and remember than removing a plant from its native habitat will often change the behavior of […]
One great thing about working with the public – the mistakes they make: A customer once called me asking if this 9 foot skeleton could sit in a chair… Odd that it would need to sit in a chair but the man said his ceilings were only 9ft tall. Naturally, he was calling a Christian […]
When children have shaved heads or buzz cuts, I honestly can’t help but think how cute they are. They look like peanuts with eyelashes and I just want to rub their little heads.
What’s one of your favorite books right now, and why? Crash test dummies are life savers. To me, the For Dummies books are exactly that. The best-selling series is my generation’s “Peyton Place-” Everybody’s heard of the books, not a single body reads them…except for all those invisible people buying the books! I thought “Quantum […]
Now that he’s back in the fire There are streaks of Coal in his veins, whoa, whoa He broods like Karma and glares like coal Demoralizes want of change, whoa, whoa When he started for his sulk on the sun He yelled of thunder and spat out rain, whoa, whoa Show us, did you trip […]
I took what I considered a lot of photos of myself in my mid 20’s because there was no one else to take them. My mom was completely uninterested in taking my photo during family outings so I became the camera man.
When I was a little girl, my mother told me that work horses, like Clydesdales, were called Big Brother Ponies. Not knowing that she just made this up, based on My Little Ponies, I referred to these horses as Big Brother Ponies until I was in my early 20s. Luckily the didn’t appear in conversation […]
I am grateful for couples who take out life insurance policies on their anniversaries. What a great way to show that you are going to stay with someone until the very end and how much you thing his or her life is worth!
Let’s start with the definition of a parable. It’s often allegorical and seemingly simple. However, the purpose of the story is to teach lessons – moral, faith based, spiritual and scholastic types. Jesus was known for teaching in parables (he taught 46 of them!) and there are many examples of them in the Bible’s Gospels. […]