By Dr. Rebekah McCloud Last week I talked about abundance and lack and what we can do with the crumbs. So, I know you might have been wondering what it had to do with stewardship. Sometimes we get stewardship twisted; we think it’s about us. It’s not. We are only caregivers of God’s time, talent Read More …
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What Do I Do With The Crumbs?
By Dr. Rebekah McCloud The dictionary says, a crumb is a very small piece broken from a baked item, such as a cookie, cake, or bread. It’s also a small fragment, scrap, or portion. A crumb can be viewed as something good or something bad; as a positive or a negative thing. It depends on Read More …
I’m Possible
By Dr. Rebekah McCloud The word possible appears143 times in the Bible. As an adjective, it means “able to be done; within the power or capacity of someone or something.” Amen, that sounds like my, God. Jeremiah 32:17 says, “Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and Read More …
Trampled Under Our Feet
By Dr. Rebekah McCloud In the church program for March, Pastors included a piece called “I Believe.” I don’t know if you read it yet, if not please do. I was struck by the last of the statements that referenced Psalm 91. So, I read it. It is a beautiful chapter that talks about the Read More …
Talent with A Capital T
By Dr. Rebekah McCloud Yesterday, my grandson Kevin and I went to a performance of the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra. The pianist was a 21-year-old named Micah Thomas. My grandma would say, “that fellow played that piana until it screamed.” He has talent with a capital T. The dictionary says talent is a natural aptitude or Read More …
Put Your Hands to the Plow
By Dr. Rebekah McCloud Last week I talked about the Stewardship of Time [See post “Redeem the Time”]. I want to talk about it again this week. The word time is mentioned 623 times in the Bible. I believe time is one of the most important tasks over which God has given us stewardship. Don’t Read More …
Redeem the Time
By Dr. Rebekah McCloud Back in the day, Momma used to collect S&H Green Stamps. Meticulously, she would paste her stamps in nice straight rows on each page of the S & H Green Stamps Quick Saver Book. When she had saved enough stamps to get the item she wanted from the green stamps catalog, Read More …
Raise Up A Child
By Dr. Rebekah McCloud Back in September, we had a guy come to the house to give the furnace its fall checkup. You all knew Momma. So, when the young man came in, Momma gave him the up down and all-around and asked him a number of questions in rapid fire. “Where’s the little old Read More …
Standing on the Promises
By Dr. Rebekah McCloud Alan Jackson has a song I love. It says, “Standing on the promises, I cannot fall Listening every moment to the Spirit’s call Resting in my Savior as my all in all Standing on the promises of God Standing, standing Standing on the promises of Christ my Savior Standing, standing I’m Read More …
So Be It
By Dr. Rebekah McCloud The word Amen can be used as an interjection, adverb or noun. Literally translated as an interjection, amen means so be it. It means that you accept and agree with something. You approve it, embrace it, ratify it, validate it, give your informed consent, or have buy-in. So be it is Read More …