by bethwestcott | May 31, 2023 | creating pottery, Devotional, Faith, Inspiration, learning and life, Meadow Song
“But now, O Lord, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand.” Isaiah 64:8 NKJV I’m an author, not a potter, but I’ve watched a potter at work, and I’ve admired the finished creations. I have a faint memory of...
by bethwestcott | May 15, 2023 | Family, Inspiration, learning and life, Thoughts
My mother told me that she wanted to go to college and study biology. However, at the time she graduated from high school, most women did not attend college. They got married and raised a family, which she did. (She was married to my dad for 47 years, until his death,...
by bethwestcott | May 4, 2023 | Devotional, Faith, Inspiration, prayer
Simply said, prayer is talking to God. God speaks to us through His Word. We talk to God through prayer. I’m thankful that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, made it possible for me to have a direct line of communication to the Father when He gave up His life on the cross...
by bethwestcott | Jan 24, 2023 | Faithfulness, Inspiration, learning and life, resolution or word, the writing life
A Word for the Year Instead of making New Year’s resolutions, which usually fall by the wayside within a few days or weeks of the beginning of the new year, many of my friends chose a word for the year. I’ve done that several times, choosing words which I wanted to...
by bethwestcott | Jan 16, 2023 | Choices;, Faith, Inspiration, sanctity of life
God, the Creator of the universe, made mankind in His image. That image was marred when Adam and Eve sinned, opening the way for suffering and death. Cain, Adam and Eve’s oldest child, killed his brother Abel, in a fit of anger and jealousy–the first...
by bethwestcott | Dec 13, 2022 | Christmas, Christmas Hymns, Faith, Holiday, Hymn Stories, Inspiration, Music
The Hymns of Christmas I love the hymns of Christmas, songs of praise to God for the gifts of salvation and eternal life through His Son Jesus Christ. A celebration of Christ’s birth wouldn’t be complete without them. I also enjoy learning the stories...
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