by Joanne | Jun 24, 2019 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
School is out and the first day of summer arrived last week. I always looked forward to summer. Summer always meant easier days. I didn’t need to drive our children to school. No homework and projects to help them with, or the making of lunches. Summer meant days of...
by Joanne | Jun 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
“For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search and find my sheep.” (Ezekiel 34:11, NLT) God is the waiting Father, the caring Shepherd in search of his lamb. His legs are scratched, his feet are sore, and his eyes are burning. He scales...
by Joanne | Jun 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Question. A question is a sentence posed to another individual in order to get information from their response. I can well remember each of my children raising...
by Joanne | Jun 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
The story has always been a favorite of mine. Joshua was going to lead the people into the promised land. There was only one obstacle before them – the Jordan River needed to be crossed. The river was in its spring flood stage as a result of the winter runoff...
by Joanne | Jun 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
Heading to bed an hour earlier than usual meant waking up even earlier than usual. It’s a quiet morning as one would expect at this hour. An occasional car passes. The air is still and there is hardly any sound of a breeze. Sitting with my coffee mug, I hear the...
