by Joanne | Oct 26, 2026 | Devoted Living, Encouragement
“Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.” (1 Peter 1:13, NASB) Here Peter begins with the word “therefore.” I once heard it said, when the word...
by Joanne | Oct 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is: Approach. A quick look in the dictionary brings clarity as the word is defined as “to draw closer to.” “Therefore...
by Joanne | Oct 21, 2026 | Let's Have Coffee
We eat for any number of reasons – out of hunger, boredom, experimenting with a recipe, or for comfort. All may satisfy at the moment but then, in a short time, we must eat again. The food must be prepared and the table set, repeatedly. Upon creating man, God placed...
by Joanne | Oct 19, 2026 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
There are days in which familiar words fall as if they had never been read before. It was like that recently as I read from 1 Peter. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a...
by Joanne | Oct 13, 2026 | Let's Have Coffee
The news is sobering these days. There isn’t much good news as more of it saddens and is concerning. Each of us has an opinion, and we seem to think our opinion is the right one, therefore, everyone should agree with us. It can get overwhelming to realize the...
