Welcome and thanks for reading. In case you want to know...
My name is Beth. I love the Lord, Jesus. I want to be more like Him. I follow Him, by faith, very thankful for grace.
I have been married to Coty for almost 32 years. I am mother to a daughter and five sons, mostly grown, and Gramma to one sweet granddaughter.
Why is this blog called ebenezer stories? Well, one Sunday evening a long time ago, I sat in a little white New England church and heard people tell stories about how God had led them to where they were. The evening was call an "Ebenezer Night," referring to 1 Samuel 7:12:
"Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us."I like that King James language - that hitherto that means until now, to this very time and place, God has led. The stone Samuel set up, that Ebenezer stone, was a reminder - of God's leading, enduring help and continuing faithfulness.
I need reminders every day. Reminders, in the stories I hear and the stories I tell, that He has led and will lead, in the mundane and the momentous. So, ebenezer stories. Mine are mostly mundane, occasionally momentous.
When I write and when I speak, I think of these words:
"Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person." Colossians 4:6I hope that you find the words here gracious, seasoned with the salt of Christ.
What else...
The journey of homeschooling six children has spanned 24 years already. It's been a privilege. I'm almost done! I've written a few things about it here. I still teach other people's kids high school biology and AP government - not, of course, in the same class.
I love many things: sewing, gardening, knitting, quilting, cooking, reading, walking long distances.
I am happy when my house is full of people who feel at home and don't mind emptying the dishwasher. If that house full includes all of my far flung children, that's even better.
I am also happy sitting alone on my screen porch, at night with a candle, listening to the cicadas and the barred owls.
I like really good black tea, blackberries off the vine and warm from the sun, morning smoothies, and the smell of rosemary.
I live in the South. I used to live in New England. And before that, I lived in Africa. I'm quite content where I am right now, but wonder if someday, I just might go back.
