Homespun Devotion

Linda Smock

Description

This book is a collection of idioms used in daily conversations. The author uses them in combination with biblical principles and stories to provide guidance for living.

While growing up in the south in the mid-1900s, Linda Smock learned many phrases that were used to pass on wisdom. These colloquial sayings sometimes had roots in biblical principles, while others came from men such as Benjamin Franklin.

Smock, a sinner saved by grace who desires to be a better disciple of Jesus, shares a collection of idioms used in daily conversations intended to help believers develop a closer relationship with God, to sense His guidance, and to see how he uses everyday events to help all of us grow in our walk with Him. Combined with biblical stories and principles that serve as guidance for living, Smock enhances the idioms with personal stories and provides examples from life on the farm as a child. Included are prayers created specifically to match each idiom.

Homespun Devotion is a compilation of devotional idioms accompanied by scripture, prayers, and personal stories shared to help Christians live a better life while growing closer to God.

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Spiritual Growth
• Christian Living
• Philosophie et théologie
• Christian

Informations

• Publié par: WestBow Press
• Date de parution: 31 octobre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781664278820
• Langue: English

Extrait

HOMESPUN DEVOTION
 
Idioms, Spiritually Speaking
 
 
 
 
LINDA SMOCK
 
 
 
 
 

 
Copyright © 2022 Linda Smock.
 
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ISBN: 978-1-6642-7881-3 (sc)
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2022917388
 
 
WestBow Press rev. date: 10/31/2022
 
Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Bible.
 
Scripture quotations marked (GNT) are from the Good News Translation in Today’s English Version- Second Edition Copyright © 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
 
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The only person that I need to be better than is the person I was yesterday.
—Jenny Lawson, Broken (in the best possible way)
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
A Bird in the Hand Is Worth Two in the Bush
No Dog in That Fight
A Dog Chasing a Fox
Looking for a Needle in a Haystack
A Stitch in Time Saves Nine
A Watched Pot Never Boils
Add a Little Water to the Soup
Adding Fuel to the Fire
Don’t Air Your Dirty Laundry
As Handy as a Pocket on a Shirt
Bad Company Corrupts Good Morals
Bless Your Heart
Barking up the Wrong Tree
Beggars Can’t Be Choosers
Cut from Same Cloth
By Hook or by Crook
By the Skin of His Teeth
Cast a Wide Net
Don’t Count Your Chickens before they Hatch
Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover
Early to Bed, Early to Rise, Makes a Man Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise
Get Your Ducks in a Row
Stuffing Ten Pounds of Potatoes in a Five-Pound Bag
Footloose and Fancy Free
A Lick and a Promise
He Squealed like a Stuck Pig
Had to Eat Humble Pie
You Can’t Hoot with the Owls and then Soar with the Eagles
Keep a Civil Tongue in Your Head
When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade
If the Shoe Fits, Wear It
Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining
Kill ’Em with Kindness
Make Hay While the Sun Shines
Messy as a Soup Sandwich
Multiply like Rabbits
No Nail to Hang His Hat On
No News Is Good News
Opened a Can of Worms
Other Fish to Fry
Pay Peanuts, Get Monkeys
Practice Makes Perfect
Pretty Is as Pretty Does
Running around like a Chicken with Its Head Cut Off
Stubborn as a Mule
Take My Marbles and Go Home
The Devil Is in the Details
The Early Bird Gets the Worm
The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease
Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right
Up the Creek without a Paddle
Wake up and Smell the Coffee
Was the Juice Worth the Squeeze?
When It Rains, It Pours
Wish I Could Have Been a Fly on the Wall …
Can’t Have Your Cake and Eat It Too
You Got the Dress and Shoes but Didn’t Make It to the Party
You Reap What You Sow
May God Bless Your Heart
Acknowledgments
My parents transferred to heaven many years ago, but they left part of themselves in me with the idioms they taught me and the Christian principles they practiced. Without them, these thoughts would not have developed and guided my life.
Thanks also to my brother, Whit Gainey, and his wife, Carol, for their guidance in my life, for their patience as I have grown and developed, and for putting up with my idiosyncrasies. I have learned much from them over the years. Their children and grandchildren are incredibly special to me as well. I love each of you.
I cannot name each of the ministers and teachers who have helped me over the years without missing some, but I do appreciate their help. I’d especially like to recognize Jim Shannon, Joel Singleton, and George Welty for their help in these last few years. You each have taught me much and helped me love God’s word even more.
Several of my friends and fellow Christians have helped me with proofing and editing. I wo