CARRIED ABOUT WITH EVERY WIND OF DOCTRINE

CARRIED ABOUT WITH EVERY WIND OF DOCTRINE

That phrase from scripture comes to mind every time I hear someone say they have changed from one church to another, which I know has completely differing views on the main tenets or beliefs of the church. I understand they might go to a church that makes them feel more welcome, but the beliefs of the church should be non-negotiable if they have been tested by time and approved by scripture. Knowledge of the essentials, which are first and foremost Jesus's life, burial, resurrection and ascension, baptism, communion, and the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Those beliefs should not only be based on the teachings in the Bible but on the acts of the Apostles and other devout Christians of that day and age. For instance, they met on the first day of the week to break bread (communion) and fellowship. They taught baptism as being important. There was no delay in getting baptized, as shown by the jailer and his family, the Ethiopian traveling in a chariot, and Saul/Paul, the special Apostle. We are to repent and confess before being baptized. Babies cannot do either. Jesus and the Ethiopian went down into the water to be baptized and came up out of the water. Baptism was compared to the great flood when the sins of the people were buried in water, not by a sprinkling of rain. There is always room for discussion on each of those beliefs but the minds of the church people should be of one accord. Otherwise there is controversy, discord, and possibly division. I've seen it happen and heard about it many times. Church hopping without any concern for the truths in the Bible should not be happening.

Ephesians 4:11-16 KJV - "And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;" There's plenty of winds of doctrine, cunning men, and deceivers out there these days and they have many venues in which to use their craftiness. Are we prepared? Are we united in faith and knowledge?

2 Timothy 3:16-17 NIV - "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." This verse pretty much says it all. It is self-explanatory.

2 Peter 1:20 KJV - "Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation." Many claim to know much about the Bible, but if they talk long enough, it is easy to see they don't know as much as they think they do. Deep study of the Bible is the only way to accurately interpret the Bible. Interpretation should follow the Bible, the practices of the first Christians and Apostles, and what other devout Christians believe. We are to be unified in our beliefs, or of one accord, to use the phrase the Bible uses so often. Believing a subject because your grandmother did or does isn't being true to the Bible. Believing it because a charismatic tv preacher says so doesn't make it true. I believe in studying a subject as a whole, by researching every verse that has to do with that subject. It is wrong to pull a verse out of context.

II Timothy 2:15 NIV - "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth." In four words: know your Bible well.

II Timothy 2:15 KJV - (my personal favorite version) "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."

2 Corinthians 4:2 NIV "Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God." Plain truth is a whole lot better than a health and wealth sermon or a theatrical performance from the pulpit.

Hebrews 5:12 NIV - "In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food!" If you are still at a pre-school or elementary level of Bible teaching, if that, you definitely need to get into the meat of the Word, or in-depth study. We are living in a messed-up world today caught in the battle between good and evil and there's a whole lot of evil going on everywhere.

Hebrews 5:13 NIV - "Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness." It is shocking to me how little people know about the Bible, even those who profess to be Christians. They drift from church to church because they haven't built their faith on solid ground. They are carried by the winds of doctrine. The devil knows scripture well. If he were to tempt a person who doesn't know the Bible well, he would have a good chance of convincing them of his lies because he is persuasive and is the father of lies.

Matthew 15:9 KJV - "But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men." In other words, people go through the motions of worshiping God but teach world views instead of doctrine.

Colossians 4:6 NIV "Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone." Naturally, you don't want to come on too strong or offend anyone but you want to show confidence in what you believe and you need to know well what you believe and why.

Matthew 5:19 - "Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven." Make sure you're teaching Christ's commands accurately from the least to the greatest. If you teach the least command wrong, you will be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. Note that if one is called the least, there must be levels of acceptance into the kingdom. No wonder the road is narrow that leads to heaven.

Ephesians 4:5 - "... one Lord, one faith, one baptism;" It is important to know which baptism is the one to teach and why it is the one true baptism Jesus requires of all Christians. Babies cannot repent or confess. They have not yet sinned though they were born into a sinful world. Sprinkling does not symbolize being buried with Christ in baptism or the sins of the world being washed away like with their burial by water in the days of Noah when all of the people drowned except Noah and his family. The Bible states that Jesus went down into the water and came up out of it and so did the Ethiopian. The Ethiopian probably had a water bottle or jug in his chariot but didn't use it. 

Speaking of "one Lord," many other gods have entered our country through legal and illegal aliens, but do we welcome them or hold fast to our own one true God? Is our faith in God or is it divided between Him and fortunetellers or lesser gods, which are not gods at all? Are we willing to give up God as the supreme ruler of our country? Perish the thought.

Becky Wall

SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL, SPEAK NO EVIL, DO NO EVIL, THINK NO EVIL

SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL, SPEAK NO EVIL,

DO NO EVIL, THINK NO EVIL

SEE NO EVIL

Matthew 13:15 For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears,and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’

Isaiah 33:15 Those who walk righteously and speak what is right, who reject gain from extortion and keep their hands from accepting bribes, who stop their ears against plots of murder and shut their eyes against contemplating evil—

Psalm 101:3 I will not look with approval on anything that is vile.

Matthew 5:28-29 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

Job 31:1 “I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman."

Proverbs 6:24-25 ... keeping you from your neighbor’s wife, from the smooth talk of a wayward woman. 25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.

I John 2:15-16 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.

HEAR NO EVIL

Isaiah 33:15-17 Those who walk righteously and speak what is right, who reject gain from extortion and keep their hands from accepting bribes, who stop their ears against plots of murder and shut their eyes against contemplating evil—16 they are the ones who will dwell on the heights, whose refuge will be the mountain fortress. Their bread will be supplied, and water will not fail them. 17 Your eyes will see the king in his beauty and view a land that stretches afar.

Proverbs 5:13-14 I would not obey my teachers or turn my ear to my instructors. And I was soon in serious trouble in the assembly of God’s people.

Proverbs 7:21 With persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk.

Proverbs 17:4 A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

Proverbs 22:17-18 - “Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach, for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips. 

II Timothy 4:3-5 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 5 But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship ...

Matthew 13:15 For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’

James 1:19 Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry ...

James 1:22-25 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do

I Timothy 4:1-2 The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. 2 Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.

Jeremiah 14:14 Then the Lord said to me, “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I have not sent them or appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions, divinations, idolatries and the delusions of their own minds.

SPEAK NO EVIL

Isaiah 33:15-17 Those who walk righteously and speak what is right, who reject gain from extortion and keep their hands from accepting bribes, who stop their ears against plots of murder and shut their eyes against contemplating evil—16 they are the ones who will dwell on the heights, whose refuge will be the mountain fortress. Their bread will be supplied, and water will not fail them. 17 Your eyes will see the king in his beauty and view a land that stretches afar.

Proverbs 17:4 ... a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

Prov. 17:5 Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 6:1-2 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger, 2 you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth.

Romans 1:26 Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.

Romans 16:17-18 I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. 18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people.

Ephesians 4:29-32 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

II Timothy 2:16 Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly ... who have departed from the truth.

II Timothy 2:23 Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels.

Romans 1:28-32 Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. 29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31 they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. 32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.

James 1:26 Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.

See also https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/01/profanity-ex.html
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2019/11/to-cuss-or-not-to-cuss.html
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2015/02/zip-your-lips.html
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/07/gossip-wagging-tongue.html
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/02/godspeak.html
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2024/06/foolish-and-stupid-arguments.html

DO NO EVIL

Romans 1:28-32 Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. 29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31 they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. 32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.

James 1:22-27 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do. 26 Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. 27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

I Thessalonians 5:12-22 Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you. 13 Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other. 14 And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone. 15 Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else. 16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 19 Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not treat prophecies with contempt 21 but test them all; hold on to what is good, 22 reject every kind of evil.

I Peter 3:13 Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? 14 But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear their threats; do not be frightened.” 15 But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, 16 keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. 17 For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 23 Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. 24 And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. 25 Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, 26 and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.

The 10 Commandments - Exodus 20:3-17 & Deuteronomy 5:6-20

THINK NO EVIL

Philippians 4:8-9 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

I John 2:25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty ...

Romans 8:5-8 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.¬ Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature.

See also https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/10/lustful-and-perverse-thoughts.html

MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR PRAYERS

MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR PRAYERS

First and foremost, you have to pray. James 4:2 - "You do not have because you do not ask God."

Use every means to alert people you need prayer. Be specific in your reason for needing prayer. Ask for prayer on facebook, ask your church family to pray, ask people you meet to pray. Go to church sites on facebook or anywhere else on the internet and ask for prayer.

Contact those people you feel are the most righteous people you know. James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective." It may or may not be preachers. It could be elders in the church or just a devoted Christian. Some churches have prayer warriors or circles. Spread the word any way you can. Every prayer is like sending up ammunition to the angels who are battling the dark forces to get to your loved one. Daniel 10:12-14 - “Do not be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them. 13 But the prince of the Persian kingdom resisted me twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, because I was detained there with the king of Persia. 14 Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the future, for the vision concerns a time yet to come." The prince of the Persian kingdom was a demon. Michael is an archangel faithful to God. I don't know if the "king of Persia" is Satan or the same demon claiming a higher rank than "prince of Persia." The point is, because there is a battle between good and evil going on in the heavens, some prayers take longer to be fulfilled. It took the angel helping Daniel 26 days to get to him.

Have the elders of the church anoint the sick or injured person with oil and pray over him or her. It's a lost practice but it's straight out of the Bible. James 5:14 - "Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord."

If you make a vow, don't break it. Ecclesiastes 5:5 - "It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it."

Fast. Don't eat at all but drink water. Or eat little and drink water. Don't put your own health at risk, though. Those with autoimmune diseases or who are otherwise unhealthy, such as with a heart condition, probably shouldn't fast.

Pray for those who are fearing for the sick or injured one. Pray no one has a car accident getting to the sick or injured person. They are going to be upset and may be tired and/or crying, which may increase the odds of them having an accident.

Sometimes things don't go the way we want them to go. They may even get worse before they get better. I think of Elijah when he was going through a stage of depression. He had faced Jezebel and was so afraid of death that he wanted to die (a paradox). He lay down to sleep then an angel woke him up and gave him a cake and water to drink. The angel then told him to get ready for a very long trip. He had to walk a long way, climb a mountain, endure an earthquake and fire, and finally God whispered to him in a cave and made everything right again.

One final verse: "Philippians 4:6 - Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God."

See also "How to Pray" - https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2024/09/how-to-pray.html

Becky Wall

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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BIBLE SUBJECTS

Scriptures for Tithing/Offering Worship Time

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2025/08/offeringtithes-scriptures.html

Foolish and Stupid Arguments
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2024/06/foolish-and-stupid-arguments.html

A Demon Called Porn
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-demon-called-porno.html

Forty Ways to Keep Her Love
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2024/02/ways-to-keep-her-love-communicate-tell.html

Headed for Hell?
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2024/01/headed-for-hell-new-testament-matthew.html

The Power of Words
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-power-of-words.html

Instruments in the Worship Service, Pros and Cons
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2023/09/instruments-in-worship-service-pros-and.html

Study the Bible and Preach It
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2023/09/study-bible-and-preach-it.html

How to Treat Me if I get Alzheimer's or Dementia
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2023/08/how-to-treat-me-if-i-get-dementia-or.html

What Does the Christian Church Believe
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-first-christian-church.html

Giving/Tithing
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2023/07/givingtithing-ii-cor.html

Encouraging Words
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2023/03/encouraging-words-lord-will-call-you.html

In Love or in Lust?
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2023/02/in-love-or-in-lust.html

Passive Violence - The Butt of Jokes/Teasing
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2023/02/passive-aggression-butt-of-jokesteasing.html

The Last Days
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2023/01/psalm-139-in-rhyme.html

For Heaven's Sake
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/12/for-heavens-sake-dont-miss-glorious.html

The End of Earth
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-end-of-earth-and-beginning-of.html

A New Attitude
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2016/10/a-new-attitude-longer-ilive-more-i.html

Lustful and Perverse Thoughts
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/10/lustful-and-perverse-thoughts.html

Sex Education from the Bible
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/10/what-bible-says-about-sex.html

Counting the Cost
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/09/counting-cost-when-someone-asks-for.html

Lucifer, a/k/a Satan, Beelzebub
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/07/blog-post_17.html

Whoever Is Not With Me Is Against Me

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/07/whoever-is-not-with-me-is-against-me.html

Once Saved, Always Saved?
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/07/once-saved-always-saved.html

The Wise and the Foolish
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/06/the-wise-and-foolish.html

Honor Your Father and Mother

Invisible Old People

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2017/03/how-older-folks-are-to-be-treated.html

From Bible Babes to Bible Scholars
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2020/12/from-bible-babes-to-bible-scholars.html

A King's Ransom
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-kings-ransom-heaven-is-holy-place.html

Moody Music
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2020/03/mood-music.html

Be Prepared, Be Ready
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2020/03/be-prepared-be-ready.html

Infinite, Unbroken, Powerful Love
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2020/03/infinite-unbroken-powerful-love.html

CWBA
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/05/cwba.html

Mr. Luke Warm
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/04/mr-luke-warm.html

The Forbidden Allowed and Practices Now Unnecessary
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-forbidden-allowed-and-other.html

Mood Music
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/02/mood-music.html

Godspeak
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/02/godspeak.html

Undying Love

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/02/undying-love-he-cried-to-god-he.html

Growing in God's Grace as a Divorcee

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/01/growing-in-gods-grace-as-divorcee.html

Is Not Going to Church a Sin?
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/01/is-not-going-to-church-sin-this-is.html

A Study of Angels Good and Bad
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2020/04/angels-col.html

Profanity
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/01/profanity-ex.html

About Angels
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/01/about-angels-i-was-at-right-to-life.html

Our Wholy Holy God

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/01/our-wholly-holy-god-who-isgod-that.html

Avoid Unclean Lips
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2019/11/to-cuss-or-not-to-cuss.html

When Someone Threatens Suicide
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2019/02/when-someone-threatens-suicide.html

Double Trouble
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2018/05/double-trouble.html

Beware of Your Pet
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2018/05/beware-of-your-pet.html

Wanting for Nothing
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2018/05/beware-of-your-pet.html

On the Hard Road
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2018/05/on-hard-road-when-faced-with-choice-of.html

Pie in the Sky
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2018/05/pie-in-sky.html

The Temptation of Jesus
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-temptation-of-jesus.html

The Prison I'm Living In
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-prison-im-living-in.html

Where Is God?
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2018/02/where-is-god.html

The Passing of Time
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2017/12/time-passed-away-as-child-i-lay-on-cool.html

Seasons in the Son
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/06/seasons-in-son-each-person-enters-into.html

Living on a Battlefield

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2017/12/living-on-abattlefield-do-you.html

Witchcraft, Omens, Sorcery, Divination, Mediums, Magic
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2017/03/witchcraft-omens-sorcery-divination.html

Holy is Your Name
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2017/02/i-was-inspired-while-saying-my-bedtime.html

Worry Won't Change a Thing, Good or Bad
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2016/09/worry-doesnt-change-thing-good-or-bad-i.html

Happy Rebirth-Day to You
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2016/08/happy-rebirth-day-to-you-happy-rebirth.html

The Great Physician
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-great-physician.html

Booksmart

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/07/booksmart.html

The Joy of Dying
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-joy-of-dying.html

Zip Your Lips
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2015/02/zip-your-lips.html

The Terminator and the Terminated

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-terminator-and-terminated.html

A Biblical Guide to the Employer/Employee Relationship
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-biblical-guide-to-employer-employee.html

A Tree Is Trimmed
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2014/12/a-tree-is-trimmed_9.html

What God Has to Say About How the Poor Are to be Treated

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2014/08/what-god-has-to-say-about-how-poor-are.html

Our Nation's Potention Certificate of Divorce from God

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-representation-of-our-nations.html

The Color of Love
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-color-of-love.html

How to Solve Any Problem
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2014/04/how-to-solve-any-problem.html

The Closet
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-closet.html

Mission Aborted
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/02/mission-aborted.html

The Measure of Our Love
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-measure-of-our-love.html

True Love

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2014/02/true-love.html

Baptism is More than Getting Wet in Church
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/11/baptism-is-more-than-getting-wet-in.html

Get Down with Your Bad Self
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/09/get-down-with-your-bad-self.html

A Measure of Success
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-measure-of-success.html

Beauty is as Beauty Does

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2012/04/beauty-is-as-beauty-does.html

A Poor Attitude
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-poor-attitude.html

Life is All about Choices
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/07/life-is-all-about-choices.html

Gossip: Wagging the Tongue
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/07/gossip-wagging-tongue.html

Weathering a Storm
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/07/weathering-storm.html

Time Spent

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/07/time-spent.html

A Glorious Day
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-glorious-day.html

How Long is God's Fuse
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/06/how-long-is-gods-fuse.html

Motivated by Money
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/06/motivated-by-money.html

Blueprint for Life
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/06/blueprint-for-life.html

Tomorrow May Never Come
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/06/tomorrow-may-never-come.html

A Dusty, Old Book
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/06/a-dusty-old-book.html

Artificial Fun

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/06/artificial-fun.html

From the Mouths of Babes

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/06/from-mouths-of-babes.html

My Own Psalm of Praise

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/06/a-psalm-of-praise.html

Two Precious Gems
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/05/two-precious-gems-there-are-but-few.html

A Mother Gives Life a Chance

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-mother-gives-life-chance.html

Morphed
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/07/morphed.html

Spiritual Diseases

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/07/spiritual-diseases.html

A One-in-a-Million Man
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/06/a-one-in-million-man.html

Likely Stories on Judgment Day
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/04/likely-stories-for-judgment-day.html

A Selfish Man's Version of The Lord's Prayer

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-selfish-mans-version-of-lords-prayer.html

Train Your Brain, Save Your Sanity

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2012/03/train-your-brain-preserve-your-sanity.html

Traveling in the Light
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/04/traveling-in-light.html

A Tree Is Trimmed
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-tree-is-trimmed.html

Christian Soldiers: A Win or Lose Situation

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/04/christian-soldiers-win-or-lose-situation.html

Consider the Ant, You Sluggard

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/04/consider-ant-you-sluggard.html

The Measure of Rich vs. Poor
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-measure-of-rich-vs-poor.html

Disposable Mates and Throwaway Children
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/02/disposable-mates-throwaway-children.html

Snatched from the Flames
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/02/snatched-from-flames.html

What Does the Christian Church Believe?

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-first-christian-church.html

 I Just Can't Keep My Mouth Shut
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2012/04/i-just-cant-keep-my-mouth-shut.html

Nothing to Worry About

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2012/04/to-worry-or-not-to-worry.html

Created Equal But Different
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/02/created-equal-but-different.html

Speaking in Tongues: My Study
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/02/speaking-in-tongues-my-study.html

All in a Word (love)
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/02/all-in-word.html

Love Without Measure
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/02/love-without-measure.html

Inseparable

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2012/05/inseparable.html

The Pounding of the Nails

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2012/03/pounding-of-nails.html

Blacklisted
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2012/03/black-listed.html

Train Your Brain, Preserve Your Sanity
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2012/03/train-your-brain-preserve-your-sanity.html

Handicapped
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2012/03/handicapped.html

Tattoos
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2025/05/tattoos.html

Strong Drink, Weak Will
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2025/06/alcoholism.html

Gambling, a Game Changer

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2025/07/gambling-game-changer.html

Judge Not, But Be Discerning
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2024/08/judge-not-matthew-71-5-judge-not-that.html

The Relationship Between God and Animals

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2024/08/judge-not-matthew-71-5-judge-not-that.html

Thanks

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2024/11/thanks.html

When Nature is Fully Alive

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2024/09/when-nature-becomes-fully-alive.html

Youth in the Bible

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2024/08/youth-in-bible-names-roles-advice.html

The Sin of Omission

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-sin-of-omission.html

Communion Scriptures and Poems

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2015/12/communion-scriptures.html

BIOGRAPHY

History of Lee Carter Maynard 

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2014/01/history-of-lee-carter-maynard.html

FAMILY STORIES

Awakened by Angels
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2024/05/awakened-by-angels.html

Mom's Quips & Quotes
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2024/03/moms-quips-quotes-i-didnt-want-to.html

My Sister, Marilyn, an Amazing Overcomer
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2024/02/my-sister-marilyn-amazing-overcomer.html

My Traits Like Bible Characters
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2024/01/my-traits-like-bible-characters.html

How to Treat Me if I get Alzheimer's or Dementia
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2023/08/how-to-treat-me-if-i-get-dementia-or.html

Dad's Socks
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/12/dads-socks.html

Being Rich vs. Being Poor
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-measure-of-rich-vs-poor.html

The Saga of My Maid of Honor's Dress

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-saga-of-my-maid-of-honors-dress.html

My Ownership of the Restoration Plea

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/01/my-ownership-of-restoration-plea.html

Blog Bits and Pieces
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2020/04/blog-bites.html

An Unexpected Inheritance During the Depression

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2020/03/an-unexpected-inheritance-during.html

Poor But Rich

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2015/02/poor-but-rich.html

A Mother's Day Tribute to My Own Mother: St. Mom
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/05/st.html

Wonder-ful Woman

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/05/wonder-ful-woman.html

Two Precious Gems
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/05/two-precious-gems-there-are-but-few.html

A Mother Gives Life a Chance

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2012/05/mother-gives-life-chance.html

The Overturf Family's Easter Day Car Wreck

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2012/03/the-overturf-familys-easter-day-car.html

Buck and Eve: In the Beginning

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2012/03/buck-eve-in-beginning.html

My Son John

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2024/10/my-son-john.html

BIBLE STORIES

Old Testament Stories:

Overview of the Books of the Old Testament

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2025/06/books-of-old-testament.html

The Beginning

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-beginning.html

A New Construction Site

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2016/06/a-new-construction-site.html

Adam and Eve: The First Sin Brought to Fruition
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/04/adam-eve-first-sin-brought-to-fruition.html

Cain and Abel: His Brother's Keeper

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/05/cain-and-abel-his-brothers-keeper.html

High and Mighty

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2017/03/high-and-mighty.html

Noah and the Ark: A Worldwide Baptism

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/05/noah-and-ark-worldwide-baptism.html

Abram: A Father at 100
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/05/abram-father-at-100.html

The Day The Heavens Rained Fire

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-day-heavens-rained-fire.html

Abraham and Isaac: In God They Trusted

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/05/abraham-and-isaac-in-god-they-trusted.html

Promises From Heaven

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2017/04/promises-from-heaven.html

The Agony of Deceit

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-agony-of-deceit.html

Wrestling With the Lord

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/05/jacob-wrestling-with-lord.html

Dad Always Liked You Best

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/02/dad-always-liked-you-best.html

Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2017/04/every-silver-lining-has-cloud.html

Meanwhile Back at the Ranch

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2024/09/meanwhile-back-at-ranch.html

A Tisket, a Tasket, a Baby in a Basket

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/05/moses-tisket-tasket-baby-in-basket.html

I Am/Am I

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/04/i-am-am-i-based-on-exodus-3-to-moses.html

Plagues and Pandemics

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2017/04/plagues-pandemics.html

Between the Devil and the Deep Red Sea

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/04/between-devil-and-deep-red-sea.html

A Call to Arms
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2016/06/a-call-to-arms.html

The Lord's Top Ten Carved in Stone

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-lords-top-ten-set-in-stone-ex.html

Life is All About Choices

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/07/life-is-all-about-choices.html

Two Spies and a Harlot

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/04/two-spies-and-harlot.html

Joshua Defeats Jericho

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2012/03/joshua-defeats-jericho.html

The Day the Sun Stood Still

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-day-sun-stood-still-joshua-105-27.html

Balaam and the Talking Donkey

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/04/balaam-and-talking-donkey.html

Two Women Win a War

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/04/deborah-woman-wins-war.html

Gideon: From a Zero to a Hero

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/02/from-zero-to-hero.html

3-Part Story of Samson: The Riddler, Foxfire, and Samson Brought Down the House

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-riddler-judges-1410-152-samson-was.html

Samson Brought Down the House

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2025/06/samson-brings-down-house.html

Ruth and Boaz: A Second Time Around Love Story

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/05/ruth-and-boaz-second-time-around-love.html

A Mother's Great Sacrifice

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/05/hannah-mothers-great-sacrifice.html

Saul: The First King of Israel

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-first-king.html

King Saul and the Witch of Endor

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/04/i-samuel-28-31-she-didnt-own-cauldron.html

David and Goliath: A Giant Problem

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/04/david-goliath-giant-problem.html

David and Jonathon: Best Friends Until Death

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2024/09/best-friends-until-death.html

An Analogy Told to King David: I Love Ewe

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/02/i-love-ewe.html

King David's Last Words to His Son and Successor

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/06/king-davids-last-words-to-his-son.html

King Solomon: A Wise Man's Folly

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-wise-mans-folly.html

Elijah: Fed By Ravens

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/06/elijah-fed-by-ravens.html

Jezebel: A Mean Queen

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/04/jezebel-mean-queen.html

450 vs. 1

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/04/based-on-i-kings-1816-40-israelites.html

Elijah Fights His Toughest Battle: Depression

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-prophet-overcomes-depression.html

Elijah: Hot Wheels, Fiery Horses, and a Whirlwind

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/06/elijah-in-hot-wheels-with-fiery-horses.html

Naaman: Why Do the Easy Way What Can Be Done the Hard Way

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/04/naaman-why-do-easy-way-what-can-be-done.html

Hezekiah Given Life + 15 Years

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/05/king-hezekiah-given-life-15-years.html

Ezra: Riding the Waves of Discouragement

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2017/07/riding-waves-of-discouragement.html

Nehemiah: Rebuilding the Walls of Jerusalem

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/07/nehemiah-rebuilding-walls-of-jerusalem.html

Esther Crowned Queen for Such a Time as This

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2014/03/from-book-of-esther-king-of-persia.html

Job: Sore No More

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/07/job-sore-no-more.html

Psalm 23: This Journey Called Life

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/06/psalm-23-this-journey-called-life.html

Psalm 23:

Psalm 139 in Rhyme
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2023/01/psalm-139-in-rhyme.html

Consider the Ant, You Sluggard

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/04/consider-ant-you-sluggard.html

Square Pegs and a Round Hole

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/05/ecclesiastes-square-pegs-for-round-hole.html

It's About Time

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/05/ecclesiastes-3-its-about-time.html

Ecclesiastes: Words of Wisdom for Labor Day

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-bible-search-on-labor.html

How to Solve Any Problem

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2014/04/how-to-solve-any-problem.html

I Just Can't Keep My Mouth Shut

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2012/04/i-just-cant-keep-my-mouth-shut.html

Misery from A-Z

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2017/07/misery-from-z.html

Who's Saved and Who's Not

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/08/whos-saved-and-whos-not.html

Shadrach, Meshech and Abednego: That's Hot!

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/05/thats-hot-daniel-17-249-ch.html

The King Who Grazed on Grass

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-king-who-grazed-on-grass.html

The Writing Was on the Wall

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-writing-was-on-wall.html

Original Sin

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/07/based-on-ezekiel-14-33-sin-began-with.html

The Man the Lions Couldn't Tame

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-man-lions-couldnt-tame-daniel-6.html

In the Belly of a Really Big Fish

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/07/jonah-in-belly-of-live-submarine.html

Who Is Robbing God?

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2025/03/who-is-robbing-god-malachi-213-malachi.html

New Testament Stories:

John the Baptist Prepares The Way
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2017/11/john-baptist-prepares-way.html

When Your Will Won't
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/07/when-your-will-wont.html

Worth Your Salt

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2016/08/worth-your-salt.html

Communion Scriptures and Poems

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2015/12/communion-scriptures.html

Sonrise
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2014/04/sonrise.html

Jesus is Betrayed by a Friend: Kiss of Judas, Kiss of Death
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/04/kiss-of-judas-kiss-of-death.html

The Greatest Pain of All

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-greatest-pain-of-all.html

Sowing the Gospel Seed: Harvest Time

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/04/sowing-gospel-seed-harvest-time.html

New Creature Features
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/04/baptism-new-creature-features.html

When the Mountains Envied a Hill
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2014/04/when-mountains-envied-hill.html

One and Only One

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-one-and-only-one.html

My Name is Legion for We Are Many

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/07/my-name-is-legion-for-we-are-many.html

Faith & Works: You Can't Have One Without the Other

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/06/faith-works-you-cant-have-one-without.html

Jesus Heals a Blind Man: Blindsight
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/05/blindsight.html

Two Part Story: The Prodigal Son & the Unforgiving Brother

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/05/two-part-story-prodigal-son-unforgiving.html

For His Bride
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/03/for-his-bride.html

Rock and Roll With Jesus
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/03/rock-and-roll.html

A New Construction Site

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2016/06/a-new-construction-site.html

Mary's Perfume vs. the Pharisees' Stench

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-fragrant-aroma-or-smell-of-death.html

Pharisees: Nothing Hurts Like the Truth

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/02/nothing-hurts-like-truth.html

The Temptation of Jesus

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-temptation-of-jesus.html

Dragnet

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2016/01/dragnet.html

The Pounding of the Nails

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-pounding-of-nails.html

CHRISTIAN POEMS FROM MY "COLOR OF LOVE" BOOKLET

John the Baptist Prepares The Way
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2017/11/john-baptist-prepares-way.html

When Your Will Won't
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/07/when-your-will-wont.html

Worth Your Salt

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2016/08/worth-your-salt.html

Sonrise

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2014/04/sonrise.html

Jesus is Betrayed by a Friend: Kiss of Judas, Kiss of Death
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/04/kiss-of-judas-kiss-of-death.html

The Greatest Pain of All

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-greatest-pain-of-all.html

Sowing the Gospel Seed: Harvest Time

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/04/sowing-gospel-seed-harvest-time.html

New Creature Features
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/04/baptism-new-creature-features.html

When the Mountains Envied a Hill
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2014/04/when-mountains-envied-hill.html

One and Only One

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-one-and-only-one.html

My Name is Legion for We Are Many

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/07/my-name-is-legion-for-we-are-many.html

Faith & Works: You Can't Have One Without the Other

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/06/faith-works-you-cant-have-one-without.html

Jesus Heals a Blind Man: Blindsight
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/05/blindsight.html

Two Part Story: The Prodigal Son & the Unforgiving Brother

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/05/two-part-story-prodigal-son-unforgiving.html

For His Bride
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/03/for-his-bride.html

Rock and Roll With Jesus
https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/03/rock-and-roll.html

A New Construction Site

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2016/06/a-new-construction-site.html

Mary's Perfume vs. the Pharisees' Stench

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-fragrant-aroma-or-smell-of-death.html

Pharisees: Nothing Hurts Like the Truth

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/02/nothing-hurts-like-truth.html

The Temptation of Jesus

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-temptation-of-jesus.html

Dragnet

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2016/01/dragnet.html

A Selfish Man's Version of The Lord's Prayer

Inseparable

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2012/05/inseparable.html

True Love

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2014/02/true-love.html

Love Without Measure

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/02/love-without-measure.html

In Love or In Lust

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2023/02/in-love-or-in-lust.html

From the Mouths of Babes

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/06/from-mouths-of-babes.html

A Dusty Old Book

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/06/a-dusty-old-book.html

Traveling in the Light

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/04/traveling-in-light.html

He Moves Heaven and Earth for Me

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2025/07/he-moved-heaven-and-earth-for-me-god.html

Booksmart

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2016/08/booksmart.html

Disposable Mates and Throwaway Children

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/02/disposable-mates-throwaway-children.html

Mission Aborted

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2014/03/mission-aborted.html

A Glorious Day

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-glorious-day.html

I Just Can't Keep My Mouth Shut

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2012/04/i-just-cant-keep-my-mouth-shut.html

Nothing to Worry About

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2012/04/to-worry-or-not-to-worry.html

Inseparable

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2012/05/inseparable.html

BIOGRAPHY

History of Lee Carter Maynard

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2014/01/history-of-lee-carter-maynard.html

SUICIDE

SUICIDE

Suicide is not a natural instinct and defies reason. Most of us have a survival instinct. There are those who live in fear everyday of bombs, possible torture, potential rape, etc. There are those who have cut off a limb just to survive a situation in which they are pinned by something in the middle of nowhere. And then there are those who are faced with stressful situations and have no desire to live. Sometimes it is a relationship problem. A death wish is common among those living in distress, and that still falls in the normal category, but suicide does not.

Logic says that many situations change whether or not we want them to change. Granted, some take us by surprise. A person who wants to kill themselves rather than trying to work through a situation or situations is not thinking logically. They forget about the things they enjoy. They forget about the people who love them and how badly their loved ones will be affected. They forget that their favorite season is just around the corner. They don’t take into account that new members will be added to the family either through birth or marriage.

Drugs play a role in many suicides. They cloud a person’s thinking process. Drugs give misguided advice. When the drugs take over, the suicidal one is no longer in control. They begin to hate themselves and don’t see a way out. They want to be free again but find it is too painful and stressful. Or they may think they are perfectly normal and anything people say that suggests they are not normal will cause them to be defiant and those people will be alienated. They may also alienate loved ones because they are ashamed of themselves. Depression often goes along with drugs. The drugs may cause depression and the depression may cause people to turn to drugs. It’s a vicious cycle.

It isn’t unusual to hear about celebrities who try to commit or do commit suicide. They may have everything a person could want going for them: money, fame, luxurious homes, fancy cars, good looks, talent, etc. and yet they cannot live with themselves. Again, that’s unnatural and is void of logic.

Mental illness may play a role in the suicide epidemic. It’s as if the survival instinct is backfiring. The synapses that are firing in the brain are in reverse in a part of the reasoning area. Could it be that the brain cells in that area have been damaged or were never there? Could it be that drugs or food additives have killed the cells in that area. 

It is important that we pay attention when someone even mentions taking their own lives. Don’t let the subject pass. Ask questions. See if they already have a plan in mind. “If you did it, how would you do it?” Find out if they have the means (gun, knife, razor blade). Ask if they would do it at home or go to a favorite area. Ask them how much rest they have been getting lately and if they have been eating. Are they giving their belongings away? Have they been depressed? Hug them and tell them you care about them and hope they are just joking. But follow up checking on them and by all means tell their parents or ones close to them even if they think you’re nuts. If they are on the verge of committing suicide in your presence, stop them if you can and take them to a hospital for evaluation.

Becky Wall
beckyowall.blogspot.com

THE FIRST FEMALE POLICE CHIEF IN FRANKLIN COUNTY IL

 My maiden name is Overturf. My dad was from Buckner. I don't know if this ancestor was directly kin to us but the article is interesting. The internet is unwilling to recognize her as the first police chief of Buckner or Franklin County and this is the only record available except for possibly her descendants who are now spread around the country. So I'm getting this information out there so they will give this female the credit due her.

ORDER OF NONPROTECTION

I wrote this fake Order of Nonprotection while in Bible College in 1999. It was part of a class assignment which required 3 creative writings based on the Bible. This one was inspired by Malachi, the 2nd chapter. Malachi is the last book in the Old Testament.

TAKING A LOOK AT THE PAST

I wrote this over 25 years ago. I was writing letters to the editor and getting rebuttals filled with ridiculous accusations, character assassinations and name-calling. My then husband, now deceased, feared they would burn our house down. They might have if we had lived in a bigger town or in a city.

TAKING A LOOK AT THE PAST

The hate felt by the liberal writers boils over from their hearts into their words. Just look at some of the names and accusations they have unjustly hurled at Christians:  "hate-ridden, pro-skinheads, hypocrites, pro-Nazis, repressive, myopic, so-called Christians, superior, one of God's official finger pointers, self-righteous, blockheads..."today's Pharisees pointing their bony fingers and damning to hell everyone who disagrees with them," and that some Christians would nail Jesus to the cross again if Jesus didn't agree with them that homosexuality was forbidden. Most of these were aimed at me and another writer. I still grieve the fact that one of the writers of rebuttals (to our letters) donated a million dollars to SIU, Carbondale, to teach his liberal stances. They were already liberal, but this donation added fuel to the fire.

If we are to communicate one another's points of view, it must be done without name-calling and ridicule, especially occurring towards those of us who are dedicated to our faith in God as our Creator, teacher, and Father, and who seek to preserve His laws just as we are commanded to do in His Word over and over again throughout both the Old and New Testaments. The liberal writers disclaim those scriptures that do not conform to their wishful thinking. 

I am outraged at the immoral agenda they are trying to force down the throats of Christians while silencing us with their favorite chant, "separation of church and state." Even though Christians may not participate in the immoral acts they do, they may still be found guilty, not for what they did do, but for that which they didn't do to stop the evils that threaten to destroy our families, churches, society, government, and ultimately, the nation. Their silence was in essence joining with the enemy. If we are not for God, we are against Him.

God, on the one hand, is very loving, full of mercy and grace to the repentant sinner, but is on the other hand a strict disciplinarian, and means exactly what He says in the scriptures. Freedom to be responsible has been replaced by freedom to do your own thing, never mind the consequences. This false freedom is deceiving because it leads to bondage to sin, slavery at its worst, and collective social decay. 

Christians are for morals, we are for family, we are for life, we are for God and country. The liberals want to kick God out of the country. I suppose one could say they have succeeded. We are no longer "one nation, under God."

Becky Wall

Epilogue: Here we are more than 25 years later and we are worse off than we were then.