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Anchored or Drifting
For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. (Isaiah 41:13) Just when I needed a verse,...
Alethea Skinner
Sep 11, 20232 min read
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If God...
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. (1 John 4:11) Almost immediately, I think to myself, I am not God! There...
Alethea Skinner
Oct 21, 20223 min read
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Patience and Comfort
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbour...
Alethea Skinner
Oct 21, 20223 min read
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Caught Between Fear and Desire
“I want to be a photographer.” Again, and again the words echoed through the deep recesses of my mind. Year after year I repeated the...
Alethea Skinner
Sep 19, 20228 min read
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The Question
Poem that reflects how couples respond to the aging process.
Alethea Skinner
Aug 30, 20221 min read
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Whose Opinion Matters?
You've been thrown back You're just too small You're still not good enough. You've been left behind And been closed out You're still not...
Alethea Skinner
Aug 30, 20221 min read
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Freedom Song
(A song for Aaliyah) I watched my momma cry When she saw that I would die Tryin' to be a gangsta thug Live a life she nevva dug Watched...
Alethea Skinner
Aug 30, 20221 min read
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Where Doodlebugs Play
(A Sharecropper’s Life) Dust clouds rise From the paths of clay In the summer sun Where doodlebugs play. Rows to hoe The old folks say...
Alethea Skinner
Aug 30, 20221 min read
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Watch out!
“Brethren, if any man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering thyself...
Alethea Skinner
Aug 9, 20222 min read
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It's Too Much!
“There has no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that...
Alethea Skinner
Aug 9, 20222 min read
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I am OWNED
For thou hast possessed my reins: Thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:...
Alethea Skinner
Aug 9, 20222 min read
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What is light about affliction?
"For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; while we look not...
Alethea Skinner
Jul 3, 20222 min read
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What am I worth?
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. (Matthew 6:21) Being a job supervisor is challenging! Without ever planning...
Alethea Skinner
Jun 24, 20222 min read
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Trapped or free?
"Can two walk together, except they be agreed?" (Amos 3:3) Home-bound, Earthbound or Heaven bound? For a moment I looked at the words. ...
Alethea Skinner
Jun 24, 20222 min read
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I don't want to start over--again!
"For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope."...
Alethea Skinner
Jun 24, 20221 min read
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I've Gotta Survive?
“Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every...
Alethea Skinner
Jun 24, 20223 min read
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