by Joanne | May 28, 2020 | Encouragement, Prayer
As I write this, it is early morning and the windows are opened and the sweet sound of birds chirping is filling my ears. My soul is reminded to trust God in all things: “Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly...
by Joanne | Jul 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
The notes in the margin of my well read book tell me I have read it at least three times now. Yet the words fell on my heart as if I had never seen them before: “Be thou more calm of spirit, and gird thyself for greater endurance.” (from The Imitation of Christ by...
by Joanne | May 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
As I write this, it is early morning and the windows are opened. The rain is gently falling and the sweet sound of birds chirping is filling my ears. My soul is reminded to trust God in all things: “Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in...
by Joanne | May 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
That the desires of the heart are to examined and governed “My Son, thou hast still many things to learn, which thou has not well learned yet.” What are they, Lord? (The Imitation of Christ by Thomas A. Kempis, The Third Book, Chapter 11, page 65) There is much...
by Joanne | May 9, 2019 | Encouragement
April was a dreary month which held more rainy days than not. Two days ago, the sun appeared one morning in all of its beauty and I found myself humming an old Beatles song: “Here comes the sun (doo doo doo doo) Here comes the sun, and I say It’s all right...
