March 10, 2019
The gleaming sunrays
just like silly little elves
scamper in the breeze!
By Martha L Shaw © 2015

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February 13, 2017
Depending on your faith or denomination, this might not be completely familiar, but ,I was thinking of Mom at church yesterday and recalled her telling me that as a tiny girl she would march around the house holding an upside down broom and pretend to be the crucifer at church.
So, later in the service, as we sung the Doxology and got to the words “praise Him all creatures here below” I remembered myself as a wee one singing the same words with one tiny mistake. I misunderstood and heard them say “preacher” rather than “creature” AND GOT MAD! I decided they were NOT going to tell me only PREACHERS could praise Him. I WAS GOING TO AS WELL! lol
It should not surprise anyone that both of us have, in our own ways, felt called to forms of ministry from a very young age.

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Posted by Martha L Shaw
March 3, 2013
Nut bread . . . mocha java . . homemade and yummy!

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Posted by Martha L Shaw
August 19, 2012
Okay, this is a quote for all times and all places, but how fitting that I should find it on Sunday morning between church services!

Break bread with me?
A loving heart is the truest wisdom. – Charles Dickens –
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Posted by Martha L Shaw
July 18, 2011
I cannot even put to words how blessed I am today. Come Holy Spirit – fill the hearts of your faithful! Thank you, Lord! That being said, this post from a friend in Him expresses some of the amazing love I’m feeling and so I share it with my readers who might not have seen this post. Enjoy!
I woke up this morning with a song on my lips, "Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, let everything that has breath praise the Lord, from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, let everything that has breath – Praise the Lord!" Isn't it good to praise the Lord? Isn't it right to do so every day? "Oh rejoice in the Lord always and again I say, rejoice!" Philippians 4:4 I'm heading out to worship service looking to praise the Lord, prayi … Read More
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