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"How Great Thou Art"
This past weekend I was at a church service and our band played, "How Great Thou Art" which is one of my all time favorite hymns. My...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Aug 27, 20193 min read
A Time To Let Go
I can still remember the day Mom and Dad drove me to college. Dad drove his packed car and Mom rode with me. I remember to this day the...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Aug 26, 20195 min read
Pray, Pray, Pray
I am sure we have all had prayers that we felt were not being answered. I can think of some things that I have prayed for for many years...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Aug 23, 20193 min read
Thankful In Everything, Not For Everything
One Sunday morning at a small southern church, the new pastor called one one of his older deacons to lead in the opening prayer. The...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Aug 22, 20194 min read
Growing In Grace
This aging thing happens very quickly. One day you are young, your children are young and then they get older, even though you don’t. ...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Aug 21, 20194 min read
Ready For The Rainbow
While I was out of town this weekend I heard it rained constantly here. I heard the thunder went on for two days. I felt for the lady...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Aug 20, 20193 min read
Ready To Rejoice
As a little girl, when Billy Graham was on television, the whole family sat and watched. I really do not remember anything he said but I...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Aug 19, 20194 min read
Over My Head & Under His Feet
My dad often told the story, proudly, of letting go of me in the ocean when I was two years old. He told me he needed for me to swim. ...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Aug 16, 20193 min read
Love And Hate
As many of you know I love the beach! I love salt water! It is in my blood as my Dad always said! When my daughter, Sarah, was about 6...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Aug 15, 20194 min read
Sparkly & Stormy
Recently we were on the boat and it was beautiful! We had the right amount of breeze, hot sun and sparkly water. I love sparkly water...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Aug 14, 20194 min read
Make An Effort, Not An Excuse
This weekend my niece came to town and we had the best time! She usually comes every summer and I look forward to that time with her. ...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Aug 13, 20193 min read
"Abundantly Exceedingly Above"
In a recent sermon my pastor used Ephesians 3: 19-20. I do not ever remember reading this translation, “exceedingly abundantly above”. ...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Aug 12, 20194 min read
Free Cheese Is Always Available In Mousetraps
I can still taste my grandmother's homemade biscuits. Mamal made big, fluffy biscuits and Granny made thin biscuits that were crunchy on...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Aug 9, 20193 min read
I Saw The Light
I was 19 and driving on Highway 74 towards Charlotte. At that time there was nothing on 74. I would find myself going over the speed...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Aug 8, 20193 min read
Foundations Are Forming
Recently I heard about a proud grandmother whose granddaughter goes to church with me. She said the family had come to visit and her...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Aug 7, 20193 min read
Change Is Hard
Mom and I went to her cousin's 85th birthday in Mebane, where my Mom was born and raised. "Up home" as she calls it. The bbq and...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Aug 6, 20194 min read
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
"Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky." How I wonder how many...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Aug 5, 20192 min read
Better To Ask The Way Than Go Astray
I am so thankful for GPS because I was not good at reading a map, I cannot read while riding or I get carsick and now I would have to...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Aug 2, 20193 min read
Have Mercy!
As caregivers to an aging relative, my mom and I find ourselves weary and burdened often. The last 90 days have been the worse as we...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Aug 1, 20193 min read
Home Sweet Home
This week I was thinking of how good it is to be home. Whether I am in North Carolina, Myrtle Beach, Oregon, Europe or South Africa it...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Jul 31, 20193 min read
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