Marion Gaskins

Remember back in the day when there was no internet?  We used to collect recipes by taking them out of magazines - or better yet, we shared recipes and passed them down through the generations. Oh what memories !  Our first recipe box.........                                                                           Look how the paper on some of the recipes is actually turning brown.  The Peanut Butter Bars has an adorable story….                                                                       We had just gotten married....(back in the early 70's) Mike was on his way into work l...

Unless otherwise noted, authors are unknown.                                                                                                       "Mother is a verb...........NOT a noun". Tenneva Jordan is quoted as saying,  "A Mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces that she never did care for pie". "I remember my Mother's prayers and they have always followed me.  The have clung to me all my life".    Abraham Lincoln The definition of a  sweater ..... "a garment worn by a child when their  Mother  is feeling chilly". Spanish Proverb  - "An ounce of Mother is worth a pound of clergy". "The heart of a Mother ...

Definition en·cour·age [  in kúr ij  ] TRANSITIVE VERB  1.  give somebody hope or confidence:  to give somebody hope, confidence, or courage 2.  urge somebody to do something:  to motivate somebody to take a course of action or continue doing something "encouraged me to finish the course" 3.  foster something:  to assist something to occur or increase "encourage new solutions to traffic problems" Everyone , young and old, famous or unknown, successful and the less-than-successful  needs encouragement! Mark Twain  once said, "One compliment can keep me going for a whole month."                                                                                         ...

During the month of March every year, NCAA Men's Basketball fans anxiously await the day when they will find out if their beloved team will be represented in the "Big Dance".  This important day is called "Selection Sunday" . Did you know that long before you or I were ever conceived in our mothers’ wombs, God already knew us and was calling us to be His children with a special purpose? ( "According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love." Ephesians 1:4 ) The word “chosen” in Greek is eklego - a compound of the words ek and lego .  The word ek means out , and the word lego means I say.   Together these words literally mean Out, I say!   It can also mean ...

The Best Season Yet This is a article I have preserved for several years that was published in Our Daily Bread several years ago.  It is my prayer that you will enjoy it as much as I did. See then that you walk circumspectly, . . . redeeming the time, because the days are evil. — Ephesians 5:15-16 COMMENT JOURNAL SHARE Today's Scripture: Ephesians 5:15-21 Life is a lot like the weather . . . it’s seasonal.  It has a way of pushing us into the next season whether we like it or not. And when pushed into the next season, we are often uncertain and even fearful of what it might hold for us. This is especially true of later seasons of life, when we are haunted by thoughts such as:  Will I be left all alone? Will my health hold up? Will my money last? Will my mind stay fresh?  As with every season of life, we have to make a choice—to waste the season in fearful thoughts or, as Paul says, make “the best use of the time,...