by bethwestcott | Jan 31, 2023 | Family, Memories, scrapbooks, Thoughts
Memories, Photos Albums, and Scrapbooks, Me with Snooks Me with Mom About thirty years ago, I took up scrapbooking. I enjoyed it, although it was time-consuming. In the business of life, I focused on the present as my husband and I raised our...
by bethwestcott | Jan 9, 2023 | Devotional, learning and life, spiritual fruit, Thoughts
Mickey and Minnie Mouse, two icons of childhood for several generations—are you a fan? The cute and clever mice in Beatrix Potter’s children’s story The Tailor of Gloucester: you can’t help but admire the way they show the tailor their...
by bethwestcott | Nov 8, 2022 | the election, Thoughts, voting
One of my early childhood memories was talking to my father about the presidential election. It must have been 1956, when Eisenhower and Nixon ran for re-election, because I was only a year old in 1952. An airplane had dropped balloons and flyers down on our Long...
by bethwestcott | Oct 25, 2022 | Faith, Inspiration, prayer, Thoughts
A teen boy once asked me if I thought it was all right to ask God for a camera. He didn’t say why he asked me this question. Prayer by a believer acknowledges God’s sovereignty, power, and faithfulness. It also demonstrated faith on the part of the person...
by bethwestcott | Jun 21, 2022 | A Heart's Journey, Book recommendation, Faith, learning and life, Thoughts
Meet Some Friends from A Heart’s Journey When you look up the meaning of “journey,” you’ll probably find it described as traveling from one place to another, or something similar. We may take many kinds of journeys in a lifetime, depending on who we are, where...
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...
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