Today for Throwback Thursday we are looking at a post by Josephine-Anne Griffiths Recently I felt the need to question my loves and loyalties.Yes, I do love … passionately. I love Jesus. I love my husband, my children and grandchildren, my nieces and nephews, brother, sister, my parents, aunties and uncles, my whole family, and …
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Throwback Thursday – Why Are We So Afraid?
Welcome to Throwback Thursday Today we are revisiting a post by Josephine-Anne Griffiths which is very appropriate for today. It was first posted November 2018. Frequently I carefully plan what I wish to write about in a blog post, then in the blink of an eye my focus changes. Either God is behind this change …
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Fiction Friday – ‘Out of the Cages’ by Penny Jaye
About the Book Fifteen-year-old Meena has given up all hope of ever escaping the brothel.For three years she’s locked away her memories – of home, of her childhood friend, of what it means to hope. But when a botched police raid offers her a chance at freedom, Meena must face the truth about her past. …
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HIDDEN THORNS – A True Story by Marie-Rose Fox
About the book No one ever fully recovers from the death of a child. Marie-Rose Fox wanted to be someone who was happy—not hiding from the world, or bitter and angry. She knew that forgiveness was the way to peace, but how could she ever forgive her daughter’s murderer? Though the murder was violent and …
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Throwback Thursday – Promises, Anticipation, and Enjoyment
by Josephine-Anne Griffiths | @BooksTeaAndMe57 “Well,” said Pooh, “what I like best –” and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn’t know what …
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Devotional – Entitled or Entrusted
‘Entitlement is perhaps the top word associated with the Millennial generation. In fact, seventy-one percent of American adults think of Millennials as “selfish,” and sixty-five percent think Millennials are “entitled.” Whether or not you believe the “entitlement” label is accurate, perception is reality.’ ~ Ryan Jenkins, Millennial and Generation Z speaker and generations expert. God is the …
Throwback Thursday – There’s a Hole in My Watering Can
Imagine trying to water your garden with a hole near the bottom of the watering can. It would be just as foolish as trying to run our car on an empty fuel tank, wouldn’t it? I was all ready to submit my post on ‘Unconditionally Loved and Forgiven’ which I shall do at some point …
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Book Review | Central to Nowhere by D J Blackmore
Book Description When Ivy steps over the cattle grid, reality hits. Capricorn Station is vast, desolate and Central to Nowhere. But Ivy has come too far to back out now. She’s left her past behind her and is desperate to make this work.Stockman Adam O’Rourke is equally determined she’s going home ASAP. This girl is …
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Adoption – Part of God’s Divine Plan
As another Mothers’ Day passes us by, whether joyful, sorrowful or a bit of both. My heart and mind turn towards those wonderful people who would take a child into their family and raise them as their own. Prior to the mid-1970s adoption was mandatory for unmarried mothers – a cruel predicament. Many babies were …
Why Good Friday?
Many non-Christians around the world may question as to why we call this day Good Friday. After all, today is a commemoration of the day that Our Lord Jesus was sentenced to death, viciously tortured and nailed to a cross. What on earth could be good about that? But we as Christians know that this …