Time For A New Post!

WOW! I really have lapsed in keeping up with this blog! I really don't have too much to share, but I did receive two interesting emails from my family that I think are interesting and informative.




I'm also going to post a picture of our youngest daughter, Elise, for two reasons. First of all, it gives the rest of my family a picture of what she looks like at the moment. It will also serve as a reminder to remember her in your prayers. Elise is rethinking some of her choices for a college to attend and is having a difficult time sorting through the process of where to attend and what major to pursue. So please add her to your prayer list...thanks!!!!



Here is email #1 from sister #1 Reminiscing about the "GOOD OLD DAYS":

Comments made in the year 1955! (That's only 53 years ago!)

'I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, it's going to be impossible to buy a week's groceries for $20.00.

'Have you seen the new cars coming out next year?

It won't be long before $2, 000.00 will only buy a used one.

'If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit. A quarter a pack is ridiculous.


'Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to mail a letter!.

'If they raise the minimum wage to $1.00,
nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store. '

'When I first started driving,
who would have thought gas would someday cost 29 cents a gallon.
Guess we'd be better off leaving the car in the garage.


'I'm afraid to send my kids to the movies any more.
Ever since they let Clark Gable get by with saying DAMN in GONE WITH THE WIND, it seems every new movie has either HELL or DAMN in it.


'I read the other day where some scientist thinks it's possible to put a man on the moon by the end of the century.
They even have some fellows they call astronauts preparing for it down in Texas .


'Did you see where some baseball player just signed a contract for $75,000 a year just to play ball?
It wouldn't surprise me if someday they'll be making more than the President.


'I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric.
They are even making electric typewriters now.


'It's too bad things are so tough nowadays.
I see where a few married women are having to work to make ends meet.


'It won't be long before young couples are going to have to hire someone
to watch their kids so they can both work.


'I'm afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the door to a whole lot of foreign business.


'Thank goodness I won't live to see the day when the Government takes half our income in taxes.
I sometimes wonder if we are electing the best people to congress.


'The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather,
but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on.


'There is no sense going to Lincoln or Omaha anymore for a weekend,
it costs nearly $15.00 a night to stay in a hotel.


'No one can afford to be sick anymore,
at $35.00 a day in the hospital it's too rich for my blood.'


'If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it.'

And here is email #2 from sister #2 for anyone that is concerned about our new President:

Psalm 118:24

A few things I'm so thankful for on this election day, regardless of the outcome:

*We live in a democracy where we have the right to a vote and a voice. We have the God-given responsibility to use both wisely and in the way that best reflects what God conveys through Scripture.

*God "works out everything in conformity with the purpose of His will" and "according to the plan." Ephesians 1:11

*Not only does God work out everything in conformity with His will, He has promised to work out everything for the GOOD of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose.

*God sets up kings and deposes them and gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. Daniel 2:21

*We, the beautifully diverse family of God, are never - not at any time - powerless. Nor are we ever victims of a system. Believing prayer takes us through doors we'll never be invited to enter and into judges chambers we'll never grace. Take a look back at Genesis 18 once again with astonishment over the dialogue between God and His servant and friend, Abraham. Rejoice that God is ever mindful of a faithful remnant. The Judge of the Earth will always do right.

*Even if persecution should await believers in Christ or harrowing circumstances hound us, God will use hardship to bring unity and purity to a people who need it desperately. The best of circumstances do not always produce the best in the Bride of Christ.

*The living God is firmly established upon His Throne and there at His holy feet we can always find grace and mercy in our time of need.

*No matter what happens today, we are GOD'S elect. He has elected us to show His heart and to walk in His ways in the culture that surrounds us. We are called to walk in the challenging balance of grace and truth.

May we be filled with Christ's Spirit today and our mouths given to praise and to believing, receiving prayer. God IS faithful and He has us firmly in His hand. We will not fear. We will not doubt. We will not hate.

"Let the beloved of the Lord rest secure in Him, for He shields him all day long, and the one the Lord loves rests between His shoulders." Deuteronomy 33:12

I remain your servant,
Beth Moore

Okay, that's all my news. I'm hoping to write a little bit tomorrow on the book, 'The Shack". If you have read this book, I would really like to hear your comments, concerns, responses, etc.

And while I'm on the topic of comments, I sure appreciate the few comments that I have received. Please, please, please leave a comment and let me know what you like/dislike on this blog and maybe ideas for posts, discussions, etc. Thanks so much! Hugs to ya'll!