At Home for the Holidays By Meredith Efken (Steeple Hill Café 2006) If you’ve ever been in an email discussion loop, you’ll fit right in with cyber-girlfriends, Dulcie, Zelia, Jocelyn, Veronica, and Rosalyn. Fans of Efken’s first mom-lit novel, SAHM I Am, will find plenty to laugh about in her new yuletide tale, Home for [...]
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The Stained-Glass Pickup: Glimpses of God’s Uncommon Wisdom By Cathy Messecar (Leafwood Publishers 2006) Newspaper columnist Cathy Messecar shares a collection of stories that will deepen the faith of every woman. The title comes from the first devotional in the book, about a rancher who prays aloud for his high school age daughter while he [...]
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Mozart’s Sister By Nancy Moser (Bethany House 2006) For all the music or historical fiction lovers on your gift list, Nancy Moser’s exquisite novel will whisk them away to 18th-century Vienna. Did you even know Mozart had a sister? Six years his senior, Nannerl was every bit as talented as her precocious and highly acclaimed [...]
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Beyond Green Gables: Kevin Sullivan’s Designscapes By Kevin Sullivan (Davenport Press 2005) One of the most popular stories of all time, Anne of Green Gables, captured our hearts even more when we saw Anne’s beloved Prince Edward Island come to life on the silver screen. But did you ever stop to think about the artistic [...]
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Queen of the Castle: 52 weeks of Encouragement for the Uninspired, Domestically Challenged or Just Plain Tired Homemaker By Lynn Bowen Walker (Integrity 2006) Author Lynn Bowen Walker begins her book with this disclaimer: “OK – so let’s get this out of the way right up front: I am not homemaker of the year.” That [...]
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The Three Wise Women: A Christmas Reflection By Christin Ditchfield (Crossway 2005) You’ve heard of the three wise men; they’re an integral part of every Nativity. But what about the three wise women who each played a significant role in the birth of Christ? Three women–one single, one married, and one widowed –have much to [...]
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Psalms 89:1a “I will sing about the Lord’s faithful love forever” (HCSB)
Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
there is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not;
as Thou hast been, Thou forever will be.
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning
new mercies I see.
All I have needed
Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness,
Lord, unto me!
Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
sun, moon and stars In their courses above,
join with all nature in manifold witness
to Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.
~ I greet the morning with this praise song in my heart, desiring a day spent in the presence of my heavenly Father. As this melody swells through my senses and lifts me to that special place of worship, the words are embedded deep in the core of me, “You, Father, are faithful; You love me with tenderness, mercy, and justice! My window frames the beauty of Nature; it shouts Your glory in its God-set cycles! You are all I need in the seasons of my life to come. The final verse, my theme song for today! ~
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
Humming along,
Rhea
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