by Joanne | Jan 23, 2020 | Book Reviews
“O to grace how great a debtor Daily I’m constrained to be! Let that grace now like a fetter, Bind my wandering heart to Thee. Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love; Here’s my heart, O take and seal it, Seal it for Thy...
by Joanne | Jan 22, 2020 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
We spent the week in “Settle My Soul” looking more closely at the topics of influence, envy, and friendships … ~*~*~ “By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; and through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare...
by Joanne | Jan 21, 2020 | Prayer, Uncategorized
My word for this year, Savor, continues to unfold before me in the most unusual of ways, speaking to my soul the very words it needs. It is at our tables our bodies find nourishment as we sit and partake of our meals; and it is at His table our souls find the morsels...
by Joanne | Jan 20, 2020 | Prayer, Uncategorized
The mere mention of the Book of Job is enough to send one running. The book reminds us of loss and devastation and painful suffering. After losing everything but his wife, whose only advice was to “Curse God and die.†(see Job 2:9), Job still remained faithful to...
by Joanne | Jan 19, 2020 | Devoted Living
“Later, when Jesus was alone with the twelve disciples and with the others who were gathered around, they asked him what the parables meant.” (Mark 4:10, NLT) “As you journey with God, the only thing He intends to be clear is the way He deals with...