by bethwestcott | May 3, 2022 | Devotional, Faith, Inspiration, learning and life, Patience, spiritual fruit
Patience – Testing Faith Do you ever fidget when you have to wait in a long line at a grocery store? How about in a doctor’s office? It seems like you wait forever for the doctor to see you for five or ten minutes. Does your toddler in a highchair cry or bang on...
by bethwestcott | Apr 12, 2022 | Devotional, Faith, Inspiration, learning and life, spiritual fruit, Thoughts
WALK IN LOVE A lawyer stood up in the crowd one day and challenged Jesus. “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus referred him back to Scripture, “What is written in the law?” The lawyer knew the answer. “You shall love the Lord your God with all...
by bethwestcott | Apr 5, 2022 | Devotional, Faith, identity, Inspiration, learning and life, Nature and Creation, spiritual fruit
Re-Created “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” (2 Corinthians 5:17) Once we receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, our old, sinful nature has been replaced by the new,...
by bethwestcott | Mar 29, 2022 | Choices;, Devotional, Inspiration, learning and life
The GPS had not been invented yet. We used road maps, or someone’s barn, or maybe an unusual tree to direct us. Where I grew up in rural New York, many dirt roads still existed along with family farms. I imagine the roads originally followed old cow paths, deer...
by bethwestcott | Mar 22, 2022 | Devotional, Inspiration, learning and life, Success
SCONES AND SUCCESS Blueberry scones—yum! I had my first blueberry scone several years ago and loved it. I’m cautious about eating pastries, or even keeping them in the house, because my husband watches his carbs and I watch my weight. However, when I found a recipe...
by bethwestcott | Nov 22, 2021 | Family, learning and life, Memories, Thoughts
The Last of Her Generation 1914-2021 An inspiration to all of us in her family, my mother passed away on her 107th birthday this year. Mom was the child of immigrant parents who came from England and Italy in the early 20th century. A tiny woman, 4’ 11” tall at her...
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