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Of Battles, Love, and Waiting

It was another timely week in Settle My Soul … ~*~*~ “And don’t let us yield to temptation, but rescue us from the evil one.” (Matthew 6:13, NLT) Every day we face the evil one. Every time we face doubt, despair, are weary, want to give up or...

Day 5: Aren’t You More Valuable?

“Hi. My name is Joanne Viola. And I am a worrier.” There I said it. It has been said that the first step to overcoming a problem is admitting it. I worry. A lot. I worry till I get to the realization that more than worrying needs to be done. This is...

Wednesdays With Winnie

February – the love month. There will not be a shortage of posts and commercials and tweets about “love”. The other day, I was reminded of this quote by Bob Goff – – “Love doesn’t try to be efficient; when it is most...

Already, But, Yet

There are days it seems I have made progress. Then there are the days, I realize … not so much. It is the “not so much” days which can cause me to get hard on myself. At this point in life, I thought I would be so much further along. Now I am not...

Be The Best

We went away for a few days and much to our surprise, there were plenty of kids everywhere. We discovered there was a hockey tournament taking place in the area. We enjoyed watching the boys interact and horse around. We overheard, (OK so I eavesdropped as I am an...