Betty Whitaker Jackson

“Work is not always required. . . there is such a thing as sacred idleness, the cultivation of which is now fearfully neglected.” George Macdonald

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Thanksgiving should not be limited to a Thursday in November, but should be in our hearts and on our minds daily.  I’ve always called it Thanksliving.  It is inevitable that negative things get the attention first in our days–I gotta do this, or I must solve this problem, or this is where I need to focus my attention or awful things will happen. We stress, we worry, we feel guilt when we fail to address the priorites, and we feel…..

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Last night I finished book number 2: Job Loss: What’s Next?  A Step by Step Action Plan.  It’s thrilling knowing that readers may use this book when they are facing loss of employment or, as I have recently done, begun retirement.  There’s much to be said about John Ruskin’s statement: “In order that poeple may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it.  And…..

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I’m awaiting the arrival of our Small Covenant Group which meets in our home on Wednesday afternoons.  It is a joy for us to welcome them here each week.  Our home is dedicated to the Lord to be a house of prayer and of music.  We enjoy visiting with friends, old and new, and with this group in particular.  We worship together, pray together, do life together, study the Bible together, and enjoy our fellowship.  Each of these dear ones…..

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Hospitality is one form of worship the Talmud

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This is a special date on my family’s calendar: my mom’s birthday (1917-1997). Today she celebrates in the beauty and grandeur of heaven, with the angels she so tenderly loved when on earth. Let me tell you about her. She came from humble beginnings, neglected and unloved in the back roads of Texas. She wore cardboard in her shoes, hand-me-downs from distant relatives, and was raised by an adoring but unskilled grandmother. She began high school at 18, when other…..

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Every person is a God person.

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