by Joanne | Aug 20, 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 … Teach. Teach has been defined as the act of imparting knowledge or skill through instruction. In looking at the definition, I...
by Joanne | Aug 18, 2021 | Let's Have Coffee
The dryer bell goes off and I begin to fold the sheets and towels. As I fold the pillow cases, one of them is totally inside out, which is not the way they went into the wash or the dryer. How does that even happen? One minute I am folding laundry and the next my...
by Joanne | Aug 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
As familiar as the book of Esther is, it is amazing how new and fresh and relevant it is each time it is read. There were a few observations which I made in reading Esther 1:16-22: Did Queen Vashti truly do wrong to ALL the princes and ALL the people who are in the...
by Joanne | Aug 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
“The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. Then he prayed again, and the sky poured rain and...
by Joanne | Aug 15, 2021 | Quotes & Thoughts
“Awake, north wind! Rise up, south wind! Blow on my garden and spread its fragrance all around.” (Song of Solomon 4:16, NLT) “Sometimes God causes severe winds of trial to blow upon His children to develop their gifts. Just as a torch burns more...
