Comments for Ava Pennington

Comment on Draw the Line by Casi Brush

Casi Brush — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:24:33 +0000

Thank you again, Ava for sharing this most insightful blog!

Comment on Whatever Happened to Civility? by admin

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:06:01 +0000

Thank you so much for your kind words, Margie! Blessings to you!

Comment on Whatever Happened to Civility? by margie houmes

margie houmes — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:56:07 +0000

Hello Ava,
I finally made my way to your blog. I have always loved your wisdom. Just like the Wisdom of the Ages. Thank you for civility. I totally agree. Perhaps more people are in an outrage because another storm is brewing within.
I continue to be amazed and doubly blessed by your devotiona. I tell all that by far your devotion is the best one I have ever read. Thank you for your sacrifice to bathe us in His truth.

Love,Margie

Comment on Show Me the Money! by admin

admin — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:51:36 +0000

Carrie – $20,000 in less than 5 years? That’s terrific…and proof it can be done!

Comment on Show Me the Money! by Carrie L. Lewis

Carrie L. Lewis — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:59:48 +0000

My husband and I took Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University course a couple years ago. It is invaluable.

While we have not yet achieved financial independence, God has provided for us in such a way that we’ve been able to pay down nearly $20,000 in debt in a little under five years on his salary and my art income.

It is worth while to get out of debt and the more quickly the better. We’ve gone without a lot of things in doing so, but we don’t miss the TV, cable, or the many other things we’ve done without in order to spend less than we make.

Comment on Lifetime Achievement by Carrie L. Lewis

Carrie L. Lewis — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 02:53:39 +0000

It has long been my contention that the more I am praised by the world, the worse off I am. As the writer of Proverbs said more than once, better a morsel with friends than a feast in an empty house (Carrie L. Lewis paraphrase!).

Comment on Lifetime Achievement by Mary Ann

Mary Ann — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:29:47 +0000

The accolades I look forward to receiving are the blessings that will attest to my love for Christ in serving Him until He takes me home! Learning this week the only One we have to please is Him and not this world… as Ava has so eloquently yet gently reminded us in the futile thinking when we do try to please the world.

Comment on Lifetime Achievement by Pat Dyer

Pat Dyer — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:10:11 +0000

AMEN!

Comment on Role Models by admin

admin — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 01:56:35 +0000

Carrie – Good point. Relationships are critical to our emotional and spiritual development, aren’t they?

Comment on Role Models by Carrie L. Lewis

Carrie L. Lewis — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 01:48:05 +0000

I’ve never thought of anyone in particular as my role model. There are people whose lives I’ve admired, so maybe they are role models. Among them are….

My paternal Grandmother who birthed 13 or 14 children and raised twelve, milked cows by hand, raised a garden, cooked, cleaned and all the rest and who remained so serene in her daily life that the one or two times she was ever heard to curse (very mild swear words), it was like an earthquake struck.

My mother, who prayed for my unbelieving father for most of their marriage. They were married when she was in her early 20s. Dad died nearly sixty years later, two years after coming to the LORD.

My husband of ten years, whom I found from the beginning to be a man of character, well grounded in the Word and the faith and able to see the Big Picture as well as the minutiae. He’s the one I go to for spiritual guidance these days.

There are countless others in the Bible whose lives inspired and motivate me.

I admire the sports heroes you mentioned, too. Standing up for faith in the public and hostile arena of today’s society takes a good deal of courage.

But without these closer role models, I’d be just as likely to be in the hostile crowd now, instead of where I am.