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Flowers of Grace

Our Spring Tea was held on March 20th at Cornerstone Baptist Church. If you were unable to come, the following is the message of God’s grace that was presented. “And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in…
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God Uses Our Prayers

How many times have you said, “I’ll pray for you”? How many times have you walked away from that conversation and forgotten to pray? If you’re like me, you have forgotten far too often. One of the ways to prevent that is to pray right then and there with the person. Another thing you can…
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Who is she again…Life with Dad
There are many who are caring for their aging parents. It was my privilege to care for my mom for many years until she died two years ago. Now my efforts are spent in caring for my dad. I’m beginning to see some similarities in their behavior, even though my dad doesn’t have frontal lobe…
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I’m Seeing Things…Life with Dad

In my care of my dad some new things are beginning to develop in his life. These things have to do with what he sees. My dad was diagnosed with macular degeneration when he was in his early 60s. “Macular degeneration is the leading cause of severe, irreversible vision loss in people over age 60.…
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To Be Needed…Life with Dad

“And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9 God calls us to do many different tasks in our lives. These tasks have been designed for us in order to bring God glory. One of the tasks that I…
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“New” is Hard…Life with Dad

Many of us are at the point in our lives when we are helping our aging parents. It seems like many more people are living into their 90s now, but maybe that’s not true. I may notice it more now because I’m dealing with my dad who’s 93 years old. What I’m discovering is that…
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“I Once Was Blind But Now I See”…Life with Dad

It has been sad over the last several years, to watch as my dad continues to lose his sight. At first it was just a depth issue which could be seen when he would reach for something. Then we witnessed him driving over the left line. The doctor also witnessed that and informed the state…
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Problem…Solution – Life with Dad

There are so many things we can learn from the “greatest generation”, the ones who survived The Great Depression and World War II. These people went through so much loss and lack in their lives but yet continued to press forward. They learned to scrimp and save, to use and reuse, to create items rather…
