Author: gemsjewel

Tea, Taxes And A Nighttime Party

Our nation is not even begun and yet the colonists are starting to see the need to break from England. After England won the French... Read More

Peace When Children Leave Your Home

I love to sing and I especially love to think about the words I am singing.  Yesterday was no different as our church sang the... Read More

Faith Of Our Mothers Living Still

“Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.” Exodus 20:12 Every... Read More

God Speaks Through His Word

A few lazy clouds could now be seen With the sun shining brightly in between. The wind then brought the clouds together Which to us... Read More

Another School Year In The Books

 “Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.” Psalm 34:11 Another year finished and I can only hope the... Read More

A Shelter For Me In The Storm

“For thou hast been…a refuge from the storm…” Isaiah 25:4 We live in the south where we have to be prepared for hurricanes.  It can... Read More

The French And Indian War Begins

As colonists struggled to make the New World their home, countries around the world wanted to conquer this new land for themselves. In 1754, the... Read More

The Call Of Moses (Book Excerpt)

How important it is for our children to know the stories in the Bible.  I have written a children’s devotional book helping them do just... Read More

Prayer: Has It Become Commonplace?

“If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.” John... Read More

As The British Say: Needs Must

“Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.” Proverbs 18:21 Don’t you just... Read More