Good Read of The Month

All her life, Zenovia has struggled with the burden of caring for her schizophrenic mother, Audrey, alone. Until one day, God seems to offer support in the form of two members of a church called the Brethren of the Sacrifice, who knock at the women's door preaching an unconventional version of the Gospel. Despite having questions, Zenovia agrees to join the church along with her mother. Soon afterward, Audrey stops taking her medication when fellow churchgoers deem her illness a demonic possession. Unable to watch her mother's mental deterioration, Zenovia flees town, only to receive a fateful phone call several years later telling her of her mother's suicide. Heartbroken, Zenovia must now make a soul-altering choice: accept "God's will," or return home to confront the demons she's worked so hard to leave behind....

Tuesday Tidbit

God Made Moms To Teach Their Children...Some Arguments Aren't Worth Having

I hear it almost everyday in our household...two brothers arguing. And with these arguments come punishments. The best punishment yet has been going to bed early which equates to more quiet time for mommy and daddy. Well last night the older of the two asked, what about him? I told him to worry about himself and figure out what arguments are worth having. Teasing one another until someone is aggravated isn't worth an argument, taking something that doesn't belong to you isn't worth an argument, and arguing about who did what is not worth an argument. Save the words and the energy by choosing your fights wisely because some arguments aren't worth having.

Be blessed and encouraged today, it's your choice. ~Delphine

James 1:19 Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.

Proverbs 14:29 People with understanding control their anger; a hot temper shows great foolishness.

A Beautiful Bond

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God Made Moms To Teach Their Children...He's The Promise Keeper.

Numbers 23:19 reads " God is not a man, so he does not lie. He is not human, so he does not change his mind. Has he ever spoken and failed to act? Has he ever promised and not carried it through? " Sometimes we adults are disappointed by persons who don't keep their word, people who don't keep their promises but we remind our children and ourselves that there is a promise keeper. Our heavenly Father is the Promise Keeper. Whatever He says, He will do, He will do! We as adults some times hold on to words of man more so than the words of God. Think how less disappointed we would be if we held on to His word. While there are those that keep their word lets not forget all the things that God has promised us in His word or through a word. So while teaching our children, let it be know that God is the true Promise Keeper.

Be blessed and encouraged today, it's a choice.~Delphine

Oldest African American Dies at 113

Just shy of her 114th birthday, Daisey Bailey, believed to be the oldest African American, passed away today. Bailey died of organ failure at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, according to the Detroit Free Press.

Bailey was born and raised in Watertown Tennessee, where she worked on a plantation. She moved to Pontiac, Michigan in 1943 and worked as a baby-sitter and a housekeeper. She liked to garden, she enjoyed dancing and listening to the blues and her favorite dishes to cook were chicken and dressing, turnip greens and egg pies, the Free Press article reads. Although she hailed from Tennessee, she preferred bourbon over the state's signature whiskey and those who knew her say the secret to her long life was eating lots of vegetables.



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