I REFUSE TO BE UGLY… I CHOOSE THIS AS ONE OF MY THEMES IN LIFE and strive to impress this theme on my entire household… I refuse to be ugly! You should too! Ugliness is not just in physical appearance – presenting a hateful frown. It is choosing to be that ungodly, fully selfish person – or having an “I’m better than you!” attitude… It is ugly to be unpleasant! It is ugly to be disgusting to God and man!…..
TO MY FAMILY! We might not get to go Heaven at the same time, but we will be there together! SCRIPTURAL TRUTHS: 1 Peter 5:6-11 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in…..
Just a quick note to tell you: I’m so glad I give you the Scriptures! It’s a thrill to present them easily to you as you simultaneously read my writings! Love you! Reverend Ann Marie Turner
I like to hang around with people who say: “Hallelujah!” SCRIPTURAL TRUTHS FROM THIS “JOY JOT”! 2 TIMOTHY 3:1-4 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—having a form of godliness but denying its…..
Don’t let your labor be in vain… The construction workers of the Tower of Babel were forced to find another endeavor! JOYFUL TRUTHS! Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with…..
SEASONS IN MINNESOTA CAN BE charming or vexing. Case in point: knowing it was very brisk indeed yesterday morning I wore a short winter jacket with a hoodie underneath (I’d rather be too warm than too cold.) But later in the day upon my venturing out again, without stepping outside into the elements to experiment, I chose to wear only the hoodie because the sky looked bright and beautiful. It was. And it was still brisk! Very brisk! I chose…..