Tag: God

• Thursday… Lessons Learned

  Approaching February 6th still remains a solemn day for me. No matter how many years since that year it happened in 2005. Perhaps though for tonight, I will start with last night and the other thing that happened before my few minutes and goodnight words with my boyfriend. There was a Christmas Party in the…

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  February 5, 2025

  American Heritage, Family

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• A Night of Perspective

  Living my life in the church and knowing Bible Stories and their various lessons has been my mainstay. It has been the pinnacle of my education nothing else about the world makes sense without the Bible as the focal point to examine human existence and our worldly inconsistencies that are historically consistent over time. History…

  Garnetjewel

  February 5, 2025

  American Heritage, Bible Reflections, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  Abram, Ahinoam, Ark Encounter, authority, bible, Bible stories, communication, covenant, decisions, divorces, faith, Genesis, Genesis 16 and 17, God, God’s omniscience, God’s will, haunt, internet, jesus, King David, lessons, long-distance, love, marriages, Mesu Andrews, perspective, questions, relationships, Sarai, scripture, Sunday School, valuaable lessons

• The Complications of Life

  For four years I have waited for this week, four long excruciating years. During the past 48 hours law and order has come back to our streets thankfully due to President Trump’s Executive Orders. Tom Homan, is a Godsend and watching some of the first arrests even from Boston has been so encouraging. Boston is…

  Garnetjewel

  January 24, 2025

  Bible Reflections

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• Sunday With Longfellow

  Goodness not quite a month ago was Thanksgiving Day. Though it does feel like a long month ago. On that very night on Great American Family the true story of Longfellow’s poem was debuted. Simply called “I Heard The Bells.” This moving film was broadcast with no commercials. This was also the day my parents…

  Garnetjewel

  December 23, 2024

  American Heritage, Bible Reflections

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• Bruised Feet; A Full Heart

  This weekend saying it’s busy has been an understatement. There has been some craziness around here so it has actually been a welcome distraction for me. Music is the passion and talent God gave me from birth. It’s the gift that continues to give. As of this moment I am literally tied emotionally to three…

  Garnetjewel

  December 15, 2024

  Family, God’s Timing, Musical Glory, Spontaneity At It’s Best

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• God Is In The Details

  All week long I have been intently observing three different scenarios. The first being my younger brother. Then the news that nearly brought me to tears with Daniel Penny’s acquittal. The last one didn’t hit me until Monday night, but I knew the date was coming fast. Monday the not guilty verdict was what America…

  Garnetjewel

  December 12, 2024

  Spontaneity At It’s Best

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• Memories…25 Years Ago

  Tonight was choir practice at my Grandparents Church. The Pleasantville Church, will always, as long as I live, have that title for me. We ran through the entire lineup as well as missing a couple of the people necessary to complete the performance. Before we even began singing all of us ladies ended up playing…

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  December 9, 2024

  Family, God’s Timing

  25 year ago, cantatas, chapters, choir, choirs, Christmastime, church, churches, crying, death, December 12 1999, faith, Family, focus, forgotten, God, grandma, Grandpa, landline, manuscript, memories, music, mystery, news, practice, presentations, sources, stroke, vivid

• Forgiveness

  What does this word mean? The Merriam-Webster Dictionary says, “the act of forgiving.” In the Bible I know there is scripture talking about 70 times 7. It is in Matthew 18:21-22. Those words came to mind once again after this afternoon. All throughout time God has dealt with His people who cannot forgive and forget…

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  November 26, 2024

  Bible Reflections, God’s Timing

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• Saying Goodbye…

  Yesterday was a beautiful and yet bittersweet day. It wasn’t long after Grandpa Leo died that the Pleasantville Preacher moved on. I don’t remember all of the specifics I was 13 nearly a month away from my 14th birthday. This year after listening to some of the ladies who actually know the details and specifics…

  Garnetjewel

  November 25, 2024

  American Heritage, Family, God’s Timing, Spontaneity At It’s Best

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• Trump Nominations

  The last week has been quite exciting. Seeing the names of those tapped for nominations within Trump’s Administration has been exhilarating. The pace of these declarations have been a stark contrast to the first term’s second hand cabinet names not personally picked by Trump himself. There is a management that Susie Wiles must be in…

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  November 13, 2024

  American Heritage, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, Spontaneity At It’s Best

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