http://www.theencouragingtimes.com:8080 A word of Encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after a success. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:59:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have been married to a man for over 11 years, within those years I have been pregnant 3 times by the same man I married and gave birth to all 3 of my children. I never stopped to wonder if I should love a woman before I married a man and ... http://www.theencouragingtimes.com:8080/faith/i-am-a-sinner-and-i-love-other-sinners/ A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the 4 pups. And set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his  yard. As he was driving the last nail into the  post, he felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down ... http://www.theencouragingtimes.com:8080/life/puppies-for-sale/ I received the following in an email a while back and have decided to post it here after reading it, again, this morning... The other day, someone at a store in our town read that a Methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse in the adjoining county and he ... http://www.theencouragingtimes.com:8080/family/a-different-type-of-drug/ http://www.theencouragingtimes.com:8080/politics/2008-president-elect-barack-obama/ Romans 13:1 (NIV) 1Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. http://www.theencouragingtimes.com:8080/politics/2008-presidential-elect-barack-obama/ A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbor hanging the wash outside. "That laundry is not very clean", she said. "She doesn't know how to wash correctly.  Perhaps she needs better laundry soap." Her husband looked on, but remained silent. Everytime ... http://www.theencouragingtimes.com:8080/life/dirty-laundry/ I was told the following was written by a Metro Denver Hospice Physician: I was driving home from a meeting this evening about 5, stuck in traffic on Colorado Blvd., and the car started to choke and splutter and die - I barely managed to coast, cursing, into a gas ... http://www.theencouragingtimes.com:8080/life/helping-others/ So far, I know that I am a Christian woman and that I love my family. I am also aware that there are certain things that I can do that others can't and that I have things that others don't. I have seen things in life that most people won't ... http://www.theencouragingtimes.com:8080/life/me-myself-and-others/ Remember this if you are ever asked to do something immoral at work. Yes, if you refuse to do something that your superior, at work, asks you to do and you don't do it, you might get fired but doing the right thing will have better rewards than keeping any ... http://www.theencouragingtimes.com:8080/faith/the-person-who-signs-your-paycheck-is-not-your-provider/ There has been a lot of death and sorrow in my family lately and I needed something that would give me encouragement to go on living my life as "normal" as possible. I am a strong believer in the phrase "Everything happens for a reason" and I know that we all ... http://www.theencouragingtimes.com:8080/faith/bible-verses-in-regards-to-death/