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| 33e6167 | It really isn't the tea. It's the spirit of the tea party. And it is in that spirit I hope you will join me. PRAYER God, grant me a giving heart that wishes to share the treasures of tea and hospitality and kindness. Remind me to bother with those extras that make the difference in the lives of family members, friends, and strangers. Amen. HEART ACTION Ask another to join you for a time of tea and conversation and connection. If I am incons.. | Emilie Barnes | ||
| f76a4a4 | id you know that having everything tidy doesn't always mean you're organized? You can be a neat "clutterer." Instead of asking, "Now, where do I put this?" ask, "Where will I find it?" There's a big difference in approach. When your office (or your life for that matter!) is too messy, you can't utilize your time wisely. You spend more time trying to find things than working on the project at hand. What's the clutter costing you? Most likely.. | Emilie Barnes | ||
| 03e3830 | Chew like a Cow I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. --PSALM 119:15 We want God's time. But are we willing to give Him a portion of our day, our thoughts? Meditation takes effort, discipline, and the willingness to make space for God. We are in so much of a hurry that we just can't seem to fit meditation into our busy schedules. Oh, most of us want an intimate relationship with the Lord, but are we ready to give of our ti.. | Emilie Barnes | ||
| 538a058 | If My People Pray If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. --2 CHRONICLES 7:14 Among the many myths associated with Alexander the Great is the tale of a poor Macedonian soldier who was leading before Alexander the Great a mule laden with gold for the king's use. The mule beca.. | Emilie Barnes | ||
| 5cbf725 | Jt'i to- You shall love your neighbor as yourself. -LEVITICUS 19:18 Yes, I give you permission to be selfish at times. One thing I notice about so many people is that they are burned out because they spend so much time serving others that they have no time for themselves. As a young mom I was going from sunup to late in the evening just doing the things that moms do. When evening came around I was exhausted. All I wanted to do was take a ho.. | Emilie Barnes | ||
| aa19205 | You can file your nails, make appointments, clean a shelf, throw in a load of laundry, or write a thank-you note. One pastor gave a copy of the book of Psalms to everyone in his congregation. He suggests they use it when they have a minute or so of "waiting" time. Why not make a list of what you can accomplish in five minutes so you'll be ready the next time you have a little spare time? ant some quick reminders to get more out of life? * I.. | Emilie Barnes | ||
| 5901453 | When you think of investments and returns, call Mark 10. If you are depressed, call Psalm 27. If your pocketbook is empty, call Psalm 37. If people seem unkind, call John 15. If discouraged about your work, call Psalm 126. If you find the world growing small and yourself great, call Psalm 19. --AUTHOR UNKNOWN Emergency numbers may be dialed direct. No operator assistance is necessary. All lines to heaven are open 24 hours a day and seven da.. | Emilie Barnes | ||
| 0a17aa9 | Sometimes quick experiences pay big dividends. You need refreshment and renewal. Don't let yourself become so overwhelmed by your responsibilities that you forget how to nourish yourself with those things that give you a lift.. .like a cup of tea, perhaps? PRAYER Lord, help my spirit to be still and silent before You. I pray that I will carve out time to be with You and enjoy simple pleasures that fill me with happiness and hope and peace. .. | Emilie Barnes | ||
| 4fbeb07 | A life enhancer is alive and well and carrying out God's will in his or her life. It's exciting being around this person, and you'll feel constantly energized. Which person best describes you? Do you need to make some changes? If so, what will you do? ecoming a woman of God begins by making a personal commitment to Jesus Christ. Only He can give you the fresh start you're looking for. Second Corinthians 5:17 is a great reminder: "If anyone .. | Emilie Barnes | ||
| a861d71 | Prayer: Father God, as I look upon the everyday drudgeries of life, may I recognize my commitment to You. May I see the eternal light in these tasks so that I can recognize that You are building eternal character in my life. Amen. Action: Examine two or three of your drudgeries to see how God can make these into opportunities for character building. Today's Wisdom: When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you're trudg.. | Emilie Barnes | ||
| a5263bd | riendship is a treasure. If you possess even one nugget of the real thing-you're rich! So celebrate! Give your friend a book or an item with a note explaining its importance. Or set up a spa day. Why not add to her collection-or even start one for her! A bell, a miniature animal, an antique ...something in line with her interests. Personalized notepads are always great and practical! You could get her a monogrammed Bible or a hymnbook for h.. | Emilie Barnes | ||
| 60ebfa2 | Action: Bring out one of your favorite games tonight and play it with the family. No TV allowed. Today's Wisdom: Home is the one place in all this world where hearts are sure of each other. It is the place of confidence. It is the place where we tear off that mask of guarded and suspicious coldness which the world forces us to wear in self-defense, and where we pour out the unreserved communications of full and confiding hearts. It is the.. | Emilie Barnes | ||
| 6e2550a | Come Clean with God It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost of all. --1 TIMOTHY 1:15 NASB One of the most watched TV series in recent years has been Donald Trump's The Apprentice. The highlight of the program is when Mr. Trump delights in saying, "You're fired!" This format has been so well received in America that other networks quickly in.. | Emilie Barnes | ||
| 0c60c6b | aughter is such great medicine. So first of all, don't take life too seriously. There's so much to laugh about. In fact, look for the "sillies" in your circumstances. And laughter is contagious! One time our kids were telling a silly story. What they said set me off, and I started laughing and couldn't stop. No one knew what I was laughing about, but everyone joined in anyway. Make room for laughter in your life. Deliberately seek it out. P.. | Emilie Barnes | ||
| 7b197f3 | HEART OF TEA DEVOTION rc t c//'VI/~ L tLP /'V to/ a My dear, ifyou couldgive me a cup of tea to clear my muddle of a head I should better understand your affairs. CHARLES DICKENS If teacups could talk, my house would be full of conversation ... because my house is full of teacups. My collection of china cups-begun many years ago, when I set up housekeeping as a child bride-has long since outgrown its home in the glass-front armoire and spre.. | Emilie Barnes | ||
| 7959a14 | The Bible says, "Be kind and compassionate to one another" (Ephesians 4:32). So be a blessing in someone's life today. ur hearts will be found in the vicinity of our treasures." That's so true, isn't it? Over the years, I've asked hundreds of women to tell me the stories of their treasures. I've been treated to some incredible stories, from a loving grandmother to an inherited Bible, from a mysterious, closed-up room to antique furniture. I.. | Emilie Barnes | ||
| 93317e3 | HEART ACTION Do you practice what you preach? Become aware of the times when you are not living out the principles and kindnesses that you hold dear. Find fresh ways to show God's love and express your gifts and your compassion. Cambric tea was hot water and milk, with only a taste of tea in it, but little girls felt grown-up when their mothers let them drink cambric tea. LAURA INGALLS WILDER We are no longer to be children, tossed here and.. | Emilie Barnes | ||
| d7799ec | Come Let Us Worship Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker. --PSALM 95:6 A recent point of frustration, debate, and tension in many churches has been about defining worship and agreeing what it should look like. Older Christians are confused because of changes made to the style of worship. They wonder whatever happened to the old hymns that were so beloved. They knew the page numbers and all the old ver.. | Emilie Barnes | ||
| a81cc43 | oday so many children aren't involved in their families' lives. Let's change that! Get them active in your family. Start by creating times for sharing and conversation.. .at the dinner table. Turn off the TV, all phones (including cells), and any other distractions. Toward the end of the meal, ask everyone this question: "What's the best thing that happened to you today?" Make dinnertime fun. Find out what's happening in your children's hea.. | Emilie Barnes | ||
| a23832b | ake an hour or so at a discount card shop or dollar store and load up on all kinds of greeting cards-birthday, anniversary, friends, and pets. Store them in a convenient place and use them as special occasions arise. You'll save a lot of time by having them when you need them. ave a "gift shelf" in your home. Load it up with boxes of stationery, stuffed toys, small items-whatever is useful and on sale so when occasions arise, you'll be read.. | Emilie Barnes | ||
| 96cdeab | eed a gift box? Cover shoe boxes with wrapping paper. Fill them with stationery, a glue stick, small scissors, paper clips, marking pens, memo pads, and thank you notes. You can even add stamps. Any mom, dad, grandparent, or teacher would love such a gift. y motto is "Always be ready for a party." When party supplies go on sale, I stock up. Colored plates, napkins, streamers, little gifts, even party hats. And here's a tip. When you buy can.. | Emilie Barnes | ||
| 910a7a8 | f you're looking for sparkle in your life, I've got some great ideas. * Nothing lifts my spirits more than encouraging scriptures. Try framing a card with your favorite Bible verse and hang it next to where you do your work. Talk about sparkle! And make sure your children have their own Bibles to introduce "sparkle" in their lives. * Ask a friend to be your prayer partner for a week. Call or e-mail each other with prayer requests and praise.. | Emilie Barnes | ||
| 57cb692 | Celebrate to Celebrate Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. --PSALM 107:1 I've often been accused of celebrating just to celebrate. I guess that's correct, because I've built a ministry on telling women how to develop a close-knit family. My experience has shown that healthy families love to celebrate--you name it; they celebrate. Make celebrations a tradition in your family! Why not? Life is for living, an.. | Emilie Barnes | ||
| a0b8378 | s a child, I was so shy I once hid in a closet at my own birthday party! But again and again, over the years, God has confronted me with opportunities to step outside of myself to touch others. And you know what? Saying yes to God is always a hopeful endeavor. If someone asked me 40 years ago whether I'd ever write a book or speak in front of a large audience, I'd have told her she was crazy. But that's what my ministry became! And as I've .. | Emilie Barnes | ||
| 9df3aab | PRAYER Father God, I thank You for providing a way so I can know where my tomorrow will be. Thank You for sending Jesus to pay the price on the cross for my sins. I'm so gladIsaid `Yes"as a young girl.!Amen. HEART ACTION If you haven't answered the tomorrow question, today might be the day to settle the most important question in your life. PERSONALIZED TEA PARTY In advance of a tea party, create a list of what makes each woman you have inv.. | Emilie Barnes | ||
| 482ce2a | We are to celebrate what God has done for us (18; 106; 136).10 Prayer: Father God, give me insight into what form of worship is pleasing to You. I don't want to be negative in my church regarding how we come to You and worship. Amen. Action: Pray about this new division in our churches. Be willing to create harmony, not discord. Today's Wisdom: It is in the whole process of meeting and solving problems that life has meaning. Problems ar.. | Emilie Barnes | ||
| 8d7991d | Don't continue to straddle the fence. Commit your total effort and energy to Christ. The wholeheartedly committed Christian is the truly happy Christian. In Philippians 1:21 we read: "To me, to live is Christ and to die is gain." When we lose sight of who God is and forget to give Him honor, anxiety sets into our lives and day-to-day living doesn't make sense. When we make our goal the pursuit of things and we take our eyes off Jesus, we in.. | Emilie Barnes | ||
| 0388c2d | A LOVING RECIPE FORA PERFECT CUP OF TEA * 1 willing friend who loves to sit and share * 1 grateful heart to have a friend that cares * 1 beautiful garden to show us God is near You desire truth in the innermost being, and in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom. -PSALM 51:6 Recently I was driving down one of our busy freeways in Southern California, when a sign suddenly appeared before me that read, "What the fool does at the end, w.. | Emilie Barnes | ||
| d20a005 | e live in a day and age where manners have been all but forgotten. We can remedy that with our children and grandchildren. When teaching the "M" word, show your children manners can be fun. One way is to have interesting pretend conversations that teach saying "hello," "goodbye," "I'm happy to meet you," and "thank you very much." Make a game of teaching kids how to set a table. Knife here. Fork there. Napkin fluffed in a napkin ring-and a .. | Emilie Barnes | ||
| 42f5fd7 | Numenta, Inc., brainchild of Jeff Hawkins, the creator of the Palm Pilot and Treo, earns its living by working inside electrical power supplies to anticipate failures. | James Barrat | ||
| 2e6b2f4 | 13 "The Skylark of Space," Edward Elmer Smith, with Lee Hawkins Garby (uncredited) (The Buffalo Book Co., 1946); first serialized in Amazing Stories, 1928. 15 "this theory predicted results that were nonsensical": Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, Nuclei, and Particles, Robert Eisberg and Robert Resnick (John Wiley and Sons, 1974). 16" | James Kakalios | ||
| 80120a6 | That the "problem" of reading was simultaneously caused and invented by schools and their insistence on teaching "classes" and "groups"---and by the resulting quest of teachers to find ways to "teach," i.e., ways to standardize and to measure. That there simply is no way to measure what is crucial about reading a book--namely whether or not the kid liked the book, whether he imagined himself involved in the adventures of Jim Hawkins, whethe.. | James Herndon | ||
| c9ae2b2 | The spy also warned his monarch that the English would set about converting the Indians not to the Roman Catholic faith, but to the hated Protestant faith. "The preparations they are making here are the most urgent they know how to make, for they have seen to it that the ministers, in their sermons, stress the importance of filling the world with their religion.... In this way a good sum of money is being collected." -- | Kieran Doherty | ||
| 7e8ff19 | In mid-1608, or at about the time that Strachey started thinking of emigrating, Captain John Smith, the Virginia settler, had written a long letter to a friend about conditions in Jamestown. | Kieran Doherty | ||
| 66d53dc | the Sea Venture was the largest vessel in the fleet, she was small compared with all but the most modest, modern oceangoing vessels. Described as a galleon, she was in reality a merchant ship, properly called a carrack. The ship's provenance is uncertain. It is believed that she was about six years old and that she was owned by a group of businessmen known as the Company of Merchant Adventurers, for whom she made trading voyages between Lon.. | Kieran Doherty | ||
| dce5768 | Captain John Smith, the "president" of the colony during much of its earliest history, regularly complained of the quality of those sent to establish the settlement. The colony, he said, would have been better off if the company in London had sent "one hundred good labourers (in place of) a thousand such Gallants as were sent me, that would doe nothing but complaine, curse, and despaire."15" | Kieran Doherty | ||
| 99e58ec | Strachey, no doubt hungry for firsthand information about the colony, would have passed the bookseller a few coins, snapped up a copy of Smith's brief report, and hurried home to read it voraciously as he searched for clues about what he could expect in Virginia. He would have learned of the Indian attacks that started soon after the English landed on the banks of the Chesapeake. He would have read of "such famin and sicknes, that the livin.. | Kieran Doherty | ||
| 0a2ca4e | Like many other merchant vessels, the Sea Venture was armed. Though England and Spain had signed a peace treaty in 1604, soon after James took the English throne, there were still scores of Spanish vessels sailing the Atlantic and the Caribbean just waiting to fall on ships like the Sea Venture. And since the Spanish continued their claim to the lands the English knew as Virginia, the company had every reason to fear Spanish attempts to kee.. | Kieran Doherty | ||
| 841a103 | In addition to those who risked money, more than six hundred men and women--those who dreamed of a new life in a new land--"invested" themselves in the venture, signing on to make the voyage to Virginia and to work in the colony for seven years. In return, each of these "planters" would receive free passage, one share of stock, and, at the end of their seven-year term of service, a grant of land, as well as a share of any profits earned by .. | Kieran Doherty | ||
| 89e74cc | Most who boarded the Sea Venture as passengers were men like Strachey who had fallen on hard times. These were men--there were probably fewer than a dozen women on board--who were turning their backs on debt and hunger and toil and hoping for better times in Virginia. And as they boarded the vessel and settled themselves for the long voyage, Somers and Gates and Newport would have observed them all, the rich and well dressed in their finery.. | Kieran Doherty | ||
| e305b1c | Then there were the people the Virginia Company called the "naturals"--the roughly nine thousand Indians gathered into a loose-knit confederation of disparate groups ruled by the paramount chief, Wahunsonacock, who was known to the English as Powhatan. Trouble between the Indians and the settlers started on the first day the English stepped ashore on the banks of the Chesapeake. Late that day, as an exploring party of about two dozen armed .. | Kieran Doherty | ||
| c5f75ed | There had been no difficulty recruiting sailors willing, even anxious, to sign on for the voyage to the Chesapeake. Since the end of the war with Spain and the end of privateering, out-of-work sailors thronged every port looking for any work that would put a few shillings in their pockets. Taverns near the London waterfront and inns and all along the docks must have been filled with talk of how a fleet headed for Virginia was taking on able.. | Kieran Doherty | ||
| 6ee148a | By late February 1609, three months before the new charter was signed by King James I, Pedro de Zuniga, a savvy Spanish spy on the lookout for unusual activity in the capital, knew of England's plans to strengthen and resupply the Jamestown settlement. He sent a series of frantic warnings to his monarch, King Philip III. | Kieran Doherty | ||
| 044cf43 | Many in the crew--a surprising number--were almost certainly teenagers, still boys, but boys who were expected to do the work of grown men. | Kieran Doherty |