by Joanne | Jan 5, 2021 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
The hope of this new year lies full and wide before us, like an expanse of time looking over the vast stretch of sea from the shoreline. We may all be waiting for something different as the past year surely dealt each of us a very different hand. You may be waiting:...
by Joanne | Jan 4, 2021 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
The past year has been a challenging time for our world. Difficulties have been faced to some degree or another; situations which were completely unexpected or even not at all welcomed. Some may have had their lives shaken to the core of their being. This brought the...
by Joanne | Jan 3, 2021 | Quotes & Thoughts
“But you will not go out in haste, Nor will you go as fugitives; For the Lord will go before you, And the God of Israel will be your rear guard.” (Isaiah 52:12, NASB) “At the end of the year we turn with eagerness to all that God has for the future,...
by Joanne | Dec 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
Advent – the time of waiting, of anticipation. We quieted ourselves in these weeks as we put up our Christmas trees, baked cookies, wrapped presents, lit candles, and remembered our Lord’s coming. In many ways, the year 2020 has been a year of waiting, all...
by Joanne | Dec 27, 2020 | Quotes & Thoughts
“Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.’ ” (Matthew 1:23, NLT) “Just as our Lord came into human history from outside it, He must also come into me from...
