“Pray without ceasing.”1 Thessalonians 5:17 I just found myself with a home needing housekeeping and my heart needing purposeful praying. That’s when it came to me. A good solution might be to combine both needs this week. I know we’re instructed in Scripture to “Pray without ceasing.” and I try to pray often each day. However, with all that is going on around the world, at home and abroad, I’m ...
Continue ReadingDelighting Myself In, Committing My Way To, and Trusting in the Lord This New Year
“Delight thyself also in the Lord:and he shall give thee the desires of thine heartCommit thy way unto the Lord;trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.”Psalm 37:4-5 Now I know. Now I see why God didn’t lead me to pursue fresh plans or follow my dreams and desires last year. He knew what I didn’t. He knew what was beyond the horizon. He knew I would be needed in other ways than my ...
Continue ReadingFocusing on the Horizon of New Opportunities
Well, I wanted to start this year off with a renewed and reinvigorated focus. Instead, I’ve found myself at an unexpected cross-road, ankle deep in thought and staring at a vast, blank horizon. It’s puzzled me that I haven’t been able to see the path ahead. I’ve prayed, searched Scripture, pondered, and asked God to show me. Ironically, He prodded me with this thought, “Beth Rayann, you’ve ...
Continue ReadingBRC Galvanized Gardens Seeds and Blossoms of Change
“And he said unto them,It is not for you to know the times or the seasons,which the Father hath put in his own power.” Acts 1:7 Please excuse my absence for the rest of 2024. As I’ve been giving a lot of thought to my life over the last few months, I have felt a sense of change sprouting in my heart, and a need to plant some new seeds and nurture the blossoms of other projects and ...
Continue ReadingSpending Time Pondering My Fruitfulness
"Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit;but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit,neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruitis hewn down, and cast into the fire.Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them."Matthew 7:17-20 I have a lemon tree. It’s fruitless. When I bought it, I was ...
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