Visit me at my embellished memoir, in short spurts at: http://SueAnnPorter.com Mostly everything really happened; I change the names to protect the innocent and camouflage the guilty. And sometimes I get into some interesting Bible stories and talk about my views and what I learned from the stories. Thank you for visiting My Embellished Memoir. Feel free to say hello!
Originally posted on Ambassador Devotional:
Submit yourselves therefore to God: resist the devil and he will flee from you. —James 4:7 ? 1. First, let’s personalize it: I don’t ignore the devil, I resist him. I do this by speaking God’s Word about the situation. Resisting the devil is obeying God! 2. Meditate, let it…
A man is walking on the train tracks, eating an ice cream cone, and listening to his ipod with his earbuds tucked deeply into his ears. I see that a train is coming towards him, but he can’t see it. The train blows its horn but he can’t hear it because of the earbuds. His … More Trouble on the Train Tracks – A modern day parable
These are some scriptures that jumped out at me this morning while reading: You are my hiding place; you shall preserve me from trouble; you shall surround me with songs of deliverance. – Psalm 32:7 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen as His own inheritance. – Psalm … More Monday Morning Stroll through the Psalms
I’m not a morning person, so even simple tasks are complex to my pea brain when I first wake up. Making coffee should be relatively simple: pour in water, put in coffee, turn on machine. It should be a no-brainer. Should be. Here’s a few variations of things I’ve done wrong lately, in other words, … More How NOT to make a pot of coffee.
So many problems: Taxes too high, the poor, the homeless, the list goes on. Sure we all complain, but what are we doing about it? If we could all take five minutes out of our day, and concentrate it where it would do the most good, would you do it? Scripture instructs us to pray … More How to change the country in 5 minutes a day
I believe that Truth is stranger than Fiction; movies based on true stories with a little tweaking or embellishment are my favorite kind. And so my life, with just a little embellishment, is the theme of this blog. Let’s start out on a cheery note. A picture of my very spoiled dog, Bailey. (Note to … More The Housewife Chronicles of a Roller Coaster Week
There are rumors that Downton Abbey will only have one more season. We are expecting a kick-butt finale. There are also a few plot lines that have been introduced along the way that need some closure. It’s a rule of writing that whatever is promised in the pilot should be sufficiently wrapped up in the … More If I wrote the Finale for Downton Abbey
Peter was chained in his jail cell with sixteen guards watching him. King Herod must have had a premonition that Peter needed all those men to keep him in jail. I mean, two sets of chains would be enough to hold most people, don’t you think? Meanwhile, Peter’s friends were all gathered in one place, … More Peter: Get Out of Jail, Free!
Do you hear that sound? Listen carefully. Yes, that. That’s the sound of the Canadians and Russians laughing at us for being Snow Wimps. Besides several feet of snow, the temperatures are in the single digits, and factoring in the wind chill, they are well below zero. Wimps. We are frustrated, moody. Winter is not … More Greetings from the Great White North East
Today’s the kind of day when the snot in your nose freezes when you take your first breath outside. So you wrap a scarf around your neck and mouth and breathe through your mouth, not minding too much the taste of polyester, or the fear of breathing in one of those little balls of fabric … More Breaking News: Winter is cold
What if, instead of a Jew, a gentile atheist was arrested and thrown into a concentration camp? That’s exactly what happened in the book Scheisshaus Luck, Surviving the Unspeakable in Auschwitz and Dora by Pierre Berg with Brian Brock. This is Pierre’s actual story of enduring the Holocaust. When I looked at the cover, I … More What if an atheist wrote about the Holocaust?
We like our food microwaved, or information immediate. We beep at the car in front of us to go milliseconds after the light turns green, and we run the yellow-turning-red light so we don’t have to wait. The faster the better. And so, who could blame people for approaching the Bible the same way? Do … More The Law vs. Grace in a “sound bite” society
Many times I find myself re-reading the book of Exodus to remind myself that “sometimes things get worse before they get better.” Usually. In Exodus Chapter 5, Moses goes to Pharaoh and says “Let my people go.” [We know at the end of the story, he does let them go, but meanwhile things get much … More It’s a bricks without straw kind of day
Yes, I’m trying again to keep up with the crowd on the bible reading. I had to read 6 chapters to catch up to the Facebook group. But I think I’m good now. In Exodus 17:8-16 we read about Amalek coming to fight against Israel. When Moses held up his hand (with the rod of … More Exodus 17 and 18: because sometimes we ALL need some HELP
I noticed the gas gauge nearing the big “E” while driving home the other night. Mr. Porter’s words echoed in my head, “You don’t want to run out of gas when it’s this cold out. You could die.” Well, he probably said it nicer than that, but I do tend to wait until the last … More Tuesday’s lottery ticket
It’s January, and that means beginning “Reading through the Bible in a Year.” I recently joined a group who started in Job, instead of Genesis, because that’s okay, I’ve read Genesis 30 times. Or have I? Did you ever have one of those moments while reading the Bible when a scripture seems to jump off … More Lot was saved from Sodom–BEFORE he was saved from Sodom!
Well now all the hoopla is over. I made it through the surgery, the breast reconstruction. The wounds have healed, the pain is gone. But the bombardment of letters, cards, gifts, and homemade meals are gone too. I do miss that; it must be what it’s like to be a beloved celebrity. All that attention. … More My post-cancer life
Happy Friday Everyone! Your friend, Bailey
My music teacher, Mr. Sullivan, was a fat, bald man. Whatever hair he did have was an unattractive dull rusty color. Strangely enough, his wife, who was a substitute teacher, was a cute young thing with pretty blonde hair and a good figure. I always wondered how he managed that one. In fifth grade, we … More The Music Man and the 39-cent Bar of Soap
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