by Joanne | Jul 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Strong. As I sit on vacation with my family, I am thinking about the past sixteen months. It has been months of facing changes,...
by Joanne | Nov 18, 2018 | Encouragement
“But Lord,” Gideon replied, “how can I rescue Israel? My clan is the weakest in the whole tribe of Manasseh, and I am the least in my entire family!” (Judges 6:15, NLT) “It’s often when you are faced with seemingly impossible tasks...
by Joanne | Aug 22, 2018 | Encouragement
I had just finished giving her a bottle. Now I was free to sit and watch her. Just sit and take in all of her sweetness before me. I love holding her with her head by my knees so she is facing me and we can have eye to eye contact as we converse. Sure, it’s...
by Joanne | Jun 8, 2017 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
One never knows when a lesson may pop up right in front before your eyes. Such was the case recently at Jocelyn’s birthday party with her friends. I watched as she and her friends bounced, jumped, and climbed their way through the various bouncing stations....
by Joanne | Nov 9, 2015 | Encouragement
Life will present challenges to us; and to each of us, those challenges will be at varied times, intensity, and experience. Challenges (as defined by dictionary.com) is “a call or summons to engage in any contest, as of skill or strength; a call to fight, as a...