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Mother's Day Out

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Rise and Shine for Jesus! By Pam Iannello (my late mother) A ministry of New Beginnings Baptist Church @ www.nbbconline.com Proverbs 22:6 (KJV) Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. There probably isn’t a Christian alive who hasn’t read the above verse a time or two. We all know that children require daily and diligent tutoring in the manner they must live and that it is a command of God that as parents we do so faithfully. Naturally, as we are confronted with this scripture we would do well to pause and reflect upon our attitude toward the word “train”.  Do you like to train your children, dear mother? Do you want to train your children? You see ladies; if we have a “train up” attitude toward our children then we would reckon it a good thing to spend countless hours with them for this holy purpose. However, what I sense in many mothers today, including Christian mothers, is a “put up” attitude as a s

A Blessing Out Of Tangled Yarn

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Amidst my love of learning more about crochet, I developed an interest in Tunisian crochet, but I've yet to try it. I did express an interest in it to the Lord, tho. Have you ever seen the Tunisian crochet hooks? They are really long, but they produce a really neat looking stitch.                                                                                      The other day, I was working on a winter shawl for baby Claudia from some yarn that a friend so kindly gave me from her craft closet that she didn't want anymore. I was having a particularly hard time with the yarn continually tangling! It was a nightmare! Honestly, I was considering not continuing the project, it was that bad. But I spent quite a while separating strands of yarn and unknotting everything and then continued on with my work. The next day, I was working on the shawl again, and ran into yet another seemingly internal knot. With a huge sigh, I lifted the large skein of yarn to investigate the new is