A Quiet Simple Life
Sallie Schaaf Borrink
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Last night while I was taking my shower, I noticed the water was only getting lukewarm. I thought maybe David and Caroline were doing something that was causing the hot water to not replace quickly enough, but that seemed unlikely. David did some investigating on YouTube and found the potential problem with the gas-fueled hot …
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These are notes I recorded in my Bible related to Hebrews 11. A few of them are dated and none have a written attribution. All quotes KJV. General notes in margins Faith – our response to God’s initiative Faith grows because we know God. Faith is our response to the knowledge of the character of …
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David and I have watched (and owned) It’s a Wonderful Life many times over the years. However, this is the first year Caroline was interested in watching it. It really was the perfect time for her to view it given all that is going on in our country and the world. I’m thankful that she …
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“The just shall live by faith.” (Heb. 10:38). Seemings and feelings are often substituted for faith. Pleasurable emotions and deep satisfying experiences are part of the Christian life, but they are not all of it. Trials, conflicts, battles and testings lie along the way, and are not to be counted as misfortunes, but rather as …
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Satan’s Tools by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman “Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and, let us run with patience the race that is set before us” (Heb. 12:1). There are weights which are not sins in themselves, but which become distractions and stumbling blocks in our …
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During challenging times, it can be tempting to worry about money. But who is your provider? Are you depending on your job or the Lord? Let’s take a look at some encouraging Scripture and how the Lord can provide in ways we could never expect. Then I hope you will share in the comments how …
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It’s easy for me to forget that my always homeschooled child has no real concept of what “school” entails. As I was working on our high school plans this summer, I realized I needed to start by educating Caroline as to what I was doing. I want to solicit her input as much as possible, …
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“Blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me” (Luke 7:23). It is sometimes very difficult not to be offended in Jesus Christ. The offenses may be circumstantial. I find myself in a prison-house–a narrow sphere, a sick chamber, an unpopular position–when I had hoped for wide opportunities. Yes, but He knows what is …
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"He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake." Psalm 23:2-3
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“Let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece” (Judges 6:39). There are degrees to faith. At one stage of Christian experience we cannot believe unless we have some sign or some great manifestation of feeling. We feel our fleece, like Gideon, and if it is wet we are willing to trust …
