Carey Bailey

Crafts/Printables, Summer of Joy

Abiding in Obedience.

I LOVE the movie The Princess Bride (amazon.com link). There is a great scene where the villain, Vizzini, keeps saying that what he sees and hears is, "Inconceivable!" He uses this word it again and again, and what he is doing amounts to denying the obvious. Finally another (great) character tells him, "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." And in case you have been living under a rock, and have somehow missed this iconic movie, here is a montage of the  ...

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Summer of Joy

Abiding in the Word

Sometimes I am a big bundle of hormones. Like today. I can’t think straight. I don’t remember why I came in this room. I get really peeved over embarrassingly irrelevant things. And I will cry at the drop of a hat. I think women should have some way to warn others on days like this. Maybe a button that says DEFCON 1: Maximum Readiness/Nuclear war is imminent. Or a T-shirt like this: Don’t expect much from me and please don’t get on my last nerve. I am super busy fighting The Curse. It  ...

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Crafts/Printables, Summer of Joy

Tips and Tricks to Scripture Memory

  If you asked me my phone number I could rattle it off for you. If I asked you how you take your coffee you would smile and share with me a variety of options depending on if you were in the mood for a skinny or full fat version. If you asked me what scripture I read this morning you would stump me. How about you? I was a Religion major in college, have spent the last twenty years writing Bible based curriculum, and I read scripture daily for personal connection but scripture memory  ...

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Crafts/Printables, Summer of Joy

Abiding in God's Love

When I was about 4 years old, I saw my first movie, Disney’s Cinderella.  It was already my favorite book.  My mother had to read it to me everyday, and before I could read it myself, I knew all the words.  My parents still laugh about the way I stood stock-still in the darkened movie theater aisle, mesmerized by the larger than life images on the screen. My love of Cinderella turned into a bit of a complex.  During playtime, I would sweep the patio and pretend that someone was keeping me  ...

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