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Journey through Ruth: Marriage and a Baby

In chapter four, the final chapter of the book of Ruth  we find out what happens with the other redeemer.Boaz sees the man after he has sent Ruth home to Naomi. He calls him and ten elders over to talk. He tell the man that Naomi is selling her land and he should buy it…

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Journey through Ruth: Ruth Lies at Boaz’s Feet

In chapter 3 we read of Naomi telling Ruth to go to the threshing floor. She encourages her to dress up and put on perfume. Not to make herself known to Boaz until after he has laid down to sleep.

Spanish Word of the Week: Afternoon

The word for this week is: la tarde tahr’-deh (noun) which means afternoon, evening. I have been trying to think if have used this word yet and to be honest I am not sure. If we have I am sorry, if not yeah me! Here are a couple of examples:

In Mourning

This week will be slow for me across the blogs because we are currently in mourning here in my home. My uncle died last night and my grandpa died this morning. My grandpa had been sick the last couple of days and things were heading downhill for him fast. However my uncle was a shock….

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In Mourning

This week will be slow for me across the blogs because we are currently in mourning here in my home. My uncle died last night and my grandpa died this morning. My grandpa had been sick the last couple of days and things were heading downhill for him fast. However my uncle was a shock….

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Saturday Thanks for 1/18/14

I hope that you all are enjoying these Saturday Thanks posts. When I decided to start doing them my hope was that somehow in the midst of the mess and craziness that is life that we all take a moment to find even the smallest thing to be thankful for.

Inspiration Tuesday {1/21/14}

I saw this quote and just fell in love with it! It could not be truer because if you ever read any of the saints or sages stories their lives were full of problems and issues. We sometime get so bogged down in them that we lose sight of things.

Do What I Say

Abdulmajeed Al.mutawee || twitter.com/almutawee / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-SA When I was growing up my daddy would say “Do what I say, not what I do.” It was his answer for many different occasions and I swore I would never use it until the day that I did. When it first came out I couldn’t…

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Spare the Rod

mdanys / Foter.com / CC BY Spare the rod spoil the child. That is the biblical passage that my parents parented by and many others do as well. That doesn’t mean my parents where bad parents. We were expected to behave ourselves and there were consequences when we didn’t. I am a different parent. I am…

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