Before our eyes...

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Before our eyes...: Today men and nations are being tested by the plummet in the hand of Him who makes no mistake... . Today the signs of the times declare t...

The Black Hills, South Dakota

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: The Black Hills: Awhile back Andy and I took a much needed mini-vacation to the Black Hills in southwestern South Dakota. We saw some lovely mountain homes ...

My Favorite Cousin, Jim English

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: My Favorite Cousin: In October 2013 my favorite cousin, Jim, died of bone cancer. He was only 61 years old, and his birthday was yesterday. Jim had been an hon...

Angel Encounter!

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Angel Encounter!: In 2012 I was walking downtown to my job. A disturbed man came at me walking like a gorilla. I tried to ignore him, but he shoved me. The n...

Demon Harrassment - True Story

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Demon Harrassment: Before Andy left on a business trip I mentioned two problems: 1) my clothes hangars would fall off the rod by themselves hitting me on the ...

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: TEN YEARS - CANCER FREE!

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: TEN YEARS - CANCER FREE!: On February 7th, 2005 I felt large lumps in both breasts. My physician confirmed the lumps and found smaller ones on each side. A February...

HIT & RUN !

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: HIT & RUN !: October 2015, I (Deb M)  was in a car accident.  I was sitting still and another car hit me head on then drove off – it was a hit and run! ...

The Answer

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: The Answer: There will come an answer, though the time is unknown, He is God's perfect answer, God will send His Own He is God's perfect answ...

Modern day Miracle Healing

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Modern day Miracle Healing: this past Tuesday, may 17, 2016, I was in the hospital emergency room with a head concussion.  I stuttered, was clumsy, extreme headache, s...

Jack

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Jack: ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Jack : In 1974, I was at my friend Suzy's house. As I was leaving she received a phone call from her friend Jack who ...

Things I Learned from Holy Scripture, the Bible

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Things I Learned from Holy Scripture, the Bible: Below are some things I learned from the Bible in 1974 1. Angels are not dead people since they existed before the creation of humans....

!: Saved from a Tornado

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Saved from a Tornado: In 1968, when I was thirteen, Mom and Dad went to a party in another town. While they were gone a tornado warning was issued. Dad phoned,...

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Animal Friends

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Animal Friends: In 1968, due to orthopedic surgery, I was completely bed-ridden for two months and was allowed to have a kitten for company. Since a frien...

: Cats and Rabies Scare

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Cats and Rabies Scare: While growing up there were many animal friends in our home: a red, longhaired Dachshund called Cricket; two green and yellow parakeets, bo...

: Early Childhood Training

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Early Childhood Training: Respect for God, the Bible, our elders, the United States and the U.S. flag were paramount in my training.  I was taught proper respect a...

!: The Elevator

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: The Elevator: Jeremy, an eight year old friend of ours, came to visit for a weekend. He is fond of fossils so we took him to the University museum to see...

A Shelter from the Storm

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: A Shelter from the Storm: In 1968, when I was thirteen years old, Mom and Dad went to a party in another town about thirty minutes away.  While they were gone a to...

: The Christmas Tree Song

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: The Christmas Tree Song: In first grade, before Christmas break, we were taught the German song, "O, Tannenbaum" (Oh, Christmas Tree).  That same week D...

Buffy the Kitten

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Buffy the Kitten - My Nurse: In 1968, due to orthopedic surgery, I was completely bed-ridden for two months so was allowed to adopt a kitten! Since a friend's cat...

: My Horse Friends

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: My Horse Friends: A major facet in my youth was horses. Our Lutheran church friends from Germany, two elderly brothers Karl and Ernie Wolff, owned Hillside ...

: VBS - Vacation Bible School

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: VBS - Vacation Bible School: In the 1960's - during two weeks in June - from nine a.m. until noon - mornings were spent at Missouri Synod Lutheran Vacation Bible Sc...

!: Confirmation

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Confirmation: Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of Me." John 6:39 [KJV] In seventh...

!: TRICK or TREATING 1964

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: TRICK or TREATING 1964: On Halloween 1964 I was allowed to go "trick or treating" with the neighbor kids Merry and Mark who were two years older than me. ...

: Amusing Stories for Tough Times

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Amusing Stories for Tough Times: What with tornadoes, and severe thunderstorms for the past 5 weekends in Nebraska, I thought I'd tell some true, amusing stories. As ...

: God's Protection in Disasters

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: God's Protection in Disasters: ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: God's Protection in Disasters : God has protected me from many things including natural disasters. In Alaska, in 1...

: Orange Pie Filling

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Orange Pie Filling: ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Orange Pie Filling : RECIPES FROM DR. JOHN HARVEY KELLOGG'S WIFE – late 1880’s Mrs. Kellogg was Superintendent of th...

Freedom of Opinion - Public School

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Freedom of Opinion - Public School: Public elementary school, District 66 in Omaha, Nebraska, had many memorable, spiritual moments! For instance in two different grades our t...

Kidnapped

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Kidnapping: In 1972, my boyfriend, a leading high school actor, encouraged me to try out for a play. Haughtily he challenged, "I realize you are ...

Pop Bottle Tops

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Pop Bottle Tops: After Halloween in 1964 my friend, Merry, and I got into more trouble . In her basement we found a wall box with pop bottle tops stickin...

Carry Me Through

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Carry Me Through: I dreamed I was trudging up a steep, sand mountain carrying a heavy load of burdens.  I kept slipping and sliding, falling down and sliding...

Grandma's Ghost - True Story

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Seeing Grandma's Ghost - True Story: "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are of God..." 1 John 4:1 [RSV] When Adam and ...

Moon Landing 1969

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Moon Landing 1969: Summer School is a good thing! In 1969 I participated in voluntary Middle School summer school activities. Those being meteorology and as...

Mind Games

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Games of the Mind: Don't play mind games with the devil, he'll win every time. Instead, turn to Jesus Christ, He will beat the devil, and Jesus will ...

Winner Every Time

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: God Always Wins!: If you think you can beat the devil on your own, you are greatly mistaken. Satan (Lucifer) was the fourth most powerful being in the univer...

Amidst the Strife of Nations....

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Amidst the Strife of Nations....: He who slumbers not, who in every crisis has been the strength and dependence of His people, will carry out His eternal purpose.   He wil...

: What To Do Right Now

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: What To Do Right Now: God loves you so much. He gave His life to save you from eternal death. He longs for you to be happy now and in your eternal Home in Heav...

Our Prayers Cannot Die Away

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Our Prayers Cannot Die Away: Amid the anthems of the celestial choir, God hears the cries of the weakest human being.   ...They may be inaudible to any human ear, bu...

How to Handle Your Problems

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: How to Handle Your Problems: Prayer is the answer to every problem in life. It puts us in tune with Divine wisdom, which knows how to adjust everything perfectly. So o...

God's Leading Statesmen

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: God's Leading Statesmen: God has His agents among the leading men and women of the nation. With unanswerable arguments statesmen who fear the Lord are influenced by...

Jesus, No Civil Reforms

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: No Civil Reforms: "The Savior attempted no civil reforms, attacked no national abuses, condemned no national enemies. Nor did He interfere with the auth...

Solve the Problem

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Solve the Problem: There are not many, even among educators and statesmen, who comprehend the causes that underlie the present state of society.  Those who ho...

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: ANCIENT PROPHECY

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: ANCIENT PROPHECY: Christ’s Birth Foretold in the Old Testament of the Holy Scriptures The people who walk in darkness will see a great Light. A Light will...

The god that atheists detest...

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: The god that atheists detest...: The God that atheists detest, I don't like either. The God that I love is the loving, truthful, kind and gentle God that I've kno...

Genesis chapter 1, verse 1

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Genesis chapter 1, verse 1: IN THE BEGINNING GOD created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 from the first book of the Holy Scriptures

Shelter from the Storm

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: A Shelter from the Storm: In 1968, when I was thirteen years old, Mom and Dad went to a party in another town about thirty minutes away.  While they were gone a to...

: God's Protection in Disasters

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: God's Protection in Disasters: God has protected me from many things including natural disasters. In Alaska, in 1967, we were traveling with Uncle Morris in a motor ho...

: Eye has not seen

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Eye has not seen: Eyes have not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the mind of mankind, the things that God has prepared for those who love Him. ...

Our Daily Test

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Our Daily Test: Day by day God instructs His children. By the circumstances of the daily life He is preparing them to act their part upon the wider ...

: Prophecy

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Prophecy: Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be established; believe His prophets and you will prosper. 2 Chronicles 20:20 Do not despise ...