destruction of Jereusalem – Grandma's Gleanings

Day Two Hundred Four “In the Midst”

March 8, 2020 by Cathy Winkle

It was the “cool of the day,” another perfect evening in a perfect garden. Creation had been completed, the “waters under the heaven,” the bountiful ground that “brought forth grass,” those “great lights…to rule the day and night,” the vast array of “moving creatures” of the sea and “every winged fowl of the air,” …

Day One Hundred Seventy-Eight “Funeral Dirge”

February 11, 2020 by Cathy Winkle

I must not fail to record here the unfailing faithfulness of a covenant-keeping God and that He has given me many wonderful displays of His providing care, for which I am filled with astonishing gratefulness. Penned by Thomas Chisholm, these words are a testament of God’s faithfulness throughout the course of a ordinary man’s …

Day One Hundred Seventy-Six “The Cost”

February 9, 2020 by Cathy Winkle

November, 1942: I have not become the King’s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire. He would be a controversial, yet resolute leader, an electrifying speaker, and an inspiration to a war-weary people during one of the darkest periods of world history. This small island nation, who at the …

Day One Hundred Sixty-Four “A Field in Anathoth”

January 28, 2020 by Cathy Winkle

For weeks we had been forced to jump through the unending hoops of government regulations and red tape. We were purchasing our first home through a Pennsylvania bond agreement made popular in the 1980’s, created to assist first-time home owners. Goodness, there were a LOT of hoops! Like anything government-related, we were bombarded with a …