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Where do you go when you need help?

How frustrating it is to run into a problem and not know how to solve it!  You go to people who you feel should be qualified to help, and you get run of the mill answers.  No real help at all.  Instead the question is posed, "are you in the Word and have you been praying about the situation?"  Yes, we need to be in the Word and we do need to be praying about the situation BUT, and this is a very big BUT, we sometimes need tangible assistance.  We need to be pointed to someone who can help us, who can let us know that we are not alone, that others have gone before us. Did you realize that sometimes God allows us to go through hard times and then He brings someone  to us who is going through similar situations, and we can be of assistance to them?  What we have learned from our experiences, information we have gleaned, resources we have gathered can and should be shared with those who have come to us seeking help.  Reassurance that God is there, and that the Word of God is

BOOK REVIEW: Accused

Accused: Pacific Coast Justice Series No. 1 By: Janice Cantore Published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Copyright 2012 Anytime I can't put a book down or I lie awake in bed reading until midnight (or later), I know I have a really good book.  That's what happened last night with Janice Cantore's new book Accused , the first in a new series called the Pacific Coast Justice Series (release date scheduled for February 1, 2012).  Although I am a prolific reader, I have never read any of Ms. Cantore's books before.  Let me just tell you, I will be reading the other books in this series, the second of which, Abducted ,  is scheduled to be released during the summer of this year. Carly Edwards is a ten-year veteran on the police force in Las Playas, California, working night patrol.  The story begins with Carly being partnered with a hot shot temporary replacement for her regular partner, Joe King.  As the story unfolds a shooting has occurred, with Carly and the

New Format

Hey, everybody.  Hope you all are having a great start to a brand new year.  Hard to believe half the month of January is already gone!  I am trying out a new blog format.  What do you think of it?  Let me know what I need to tweak!  Thanks for reading... Reese

BOOK REVIEW: Then Sings My Soul, Book 3

  Then Sings My Soul, Book 3 By: Robert J. Morgan Published by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Copyright 2011 Let's be honest.  Who really wants to read a dry, boring old book about hymns?  Today's world is so filled with praise music, contemporary music, whatever you want to call it.  Words are projected on an overhead screen, and we rarely ever use hymnals anymore.   Today's music is catchy and vibrant, and has everyone clapping their hands and swaying to the music.  It's uplifting, and it praises our Savior!  That's where Robert Morgan's book Then Sings My Soul Book 3 , The Story of Our Songs: Drawing Strength from the Great Hymns of Our Faith   comes into play. Mr. Morgan sets forth a case for never forgetting the songs of our past.  He begins with the history of hymns -- did you know the first recorded hymn is in the Bible?  Beginning in Exodus 15:1 a hymn is sung by Moses and the Israelites, having left Egypt and crossed over the parted Red Sea.  This is j

My Learning Curve

View from Cooter's Pond, Prattville, Alabama I love to take pictures, and occasionally I get some decent shots.  However I have lately been wanting to take some night shots. When my mom recently upgraded her camera I inherited her "old" one, and I decided that now is the time to try some shots.   The first thing I needed to do was to find out HOW to take those night shots. If you just point and shoot, everything is going to be dark.   It's been years since my college black and white photography class, and I have forgotten everything I learned.  Since I had read in the users manual that there are such things as f-stops and apertures that need to be adjusted, and since the directions didn't explain it so I could understand (probably just me!), I went online during lunch Wednesday and found just what I was looking for.   PhotonHead  is for those who want BRIEF essays on how to use your camera, as well as the history of photography -- did you know that as earl