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    A Legacy of Faith: From Mother to Daughter
    A Legacy of Faith: From Mother to Daughter
    A Legacy of Faith: From Mother to Daughter
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    A Legacy of Faith: From Mother to Daughter

    By Edna Faye Rutledge Smith and Jacque Smith McKnight

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    A Legacy of Faith offers prayers and inspirational thoughts regarding the mountains and valleys of life. Within it you will find words of comfort, encouragement, praise, and joy. Join the authors on their journey of faith, and experience renewal of your own faith.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateJul 30, 2010
    ISBN9781449702182
    A Legacy of Faith: From Mother to Daughter
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    Edna Faye Rutledge Smith

    Edna Faye Rutledge Smith has written poetry and short devotionals for many of her ninety-five years. She resides in Big Spring, Texas, and is the mother of two children, three grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. Jacque Smith McKnight is a homemaker, former executive director of a Christian counseling center, and the former womens ministry director of her church. She and her husband have three children and seven grandchildren. She resides in Amarillo, Texas.

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      A Legacy of Faith - Edna Faye Rutledge Smith

      Contents

      Dedication

      Forward

      A Mother’s Thoughts and Prayers

      What is Prayer?

      Sunrise-Sunset

      What I Want To Be

      Thoughts of You

      Burdens and Blessings

      I Thank You

      A Prayer

      May I?

      A Prayer For Today

      Magnificent Gifts

      Abide With Me

      Today’s Prayer

      Others

      Storms and Sunny Days

      ME, ME, ME, ME, ME!

      God’s Love

      New Glasses

      Values

      A Marionette

      On Waking Up

      A Lump of Faith

      Substitutes or Replacements

      Your Choice

      What Is Life?

      I Know

      Speaking of Love

      No God? Then There’s

      RED

      Divine Love

      SURE –SOMETIMES

      My Desire

      My Prayer

      A Little Red Apple

      A Prayer for Others

      WHY? HOW?

      Just to be Near

      God, My Creator

      Fishin’

      My Best

      What You Want Me To Be

      A Fresh Start

      Storms

      A Shadow

      My Five Senses

      Father, Help Me Today!

      My Rex Begonia

      Thoughts and Prayers On Family and Friends

      Remembering

      Mother, Mother

      Just for You, Ruth

      For My Son, Steve

      My Son-In-Law, Louis

      In Remembrance- December 3, 1986

      My Friend

      Just Some Random Thoughts And Prayers

      Strength and Weakness

      Sound Advice

      My Need

      Paper Prayers

      To Say Thank You

      Hold My Hand

      A Daughter’s Thoughts and Prayers

      Tarnished or Polished

      A Wonderful Promise

      Baby Steps or Giant Steps

      Perfect Peace

      The Simple Things

      Complete Abandonment

      More Than Prayer

      The Same God

      Day of Victory

      An Amazing Friend

      I’ve Done It Again

      Teach Me, Lord

      In Your Care

      A Wonderful Answer

      A Wonderful Friend

      My Psalm 23

      Used Clay

      The Nightime Wait

      A Breath of Fresh Air

      My Time With You

      Courage and Boldness

      A Constant Friend

      Then and Now

      Divine Help

      A Simple Lesson

      It’s Just Me Again

      Waiting on You

      An Inner Calm

      A Heavenly Touch

      A Path for Daily Living

      Overflowing Love

      My Prayer

      A New Day

      Thoughts of an Intecessor

      The Important Task

      A New Challenge

      Walking in Faith

      Eternal Supplier

      A Lesson To Learn

      A Needed Touch

      Rest in Me

      Joy

      Samuel or Me?

      Tragedy to Blessing

      Thoughts and Prayers On Family and Friends

      Guide This Man

      A Mother’s Prayer

      You Are Sufficient

      It’s My Kids Again

      Peace Mingled with Hurt

      A Mother’s Plea

      Grandparents

      My Birthday Club

      Just Some Random Thoughts and Prayers

      TRUST

      Prayers for the Day

      Dedication

      We have chosen to dedicate this book to our mother and grandmother. June 23, 1886 began our legacy of faith with the birth of Hattie Hannorah Savage Rutledge. She was the third of eight children and weighed only three pounds at birth. She began and lived her life with a determination, a will to persevere, and a strong faith in God.

      Her life was not one of ease. Living in a generation that had no electricity, no running water, no indoor plumbing, she rose early to get the household ready for the day. Farming was their livelihood and she often picked cotton, prepared meals for the farm hands, raised a garden, sewed clothing for her two daughters and herself. In spite of difficult times, she never wavered in her faith.

      Nora as she was called was an inspiration to her family and friends in her generation. She passed this legacy of faith to two more generations, a daughter and a granddaughter. Our desire is to impart this legacy of faith to the next generation.

      Forward

      These pages have been written with the hope that you may find comfort, peace, hope, and direction in your life. The poems and thoughts you find within these pages come straight from our hearts. Many were written during mountaintop experiences, while others were written during deep valley experiences. No matter what the circumstances we each clung to our faith in God, knowing He

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