by Joanne | May 14, 2019 | Book Reviews, Uncategorized
Mother’s Day has come and gone and I am still trying to pull together my thoughts on the day. Or perhaps I should say, the significance of the day. My life sits sandwiched between two generations of mothers. I am blessed to yet have my mom with me. She is truly...
by Joanne | May 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
That the desires of the heart are to examined and governed “My Son, thou hast still many things to learn, which thou has not well learned yet.†What are they, Lord? (The Imitation of Christ by Thomas A. Kempis, The Third Book, Chapter 11, page 65) There is much...
by Joanne | May 12, 2019 | Encouragement
“He tells us everything over and over – one line at a time, one line at a time, a little here, and a little there!” (Isaiah 28:10, NLT) “Equipped with the right tools, we can learn to listen to God. What are those tools? A regular time and...
by Joanne | May 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Practice. Practice, according to the dictionary is “to perform or do habitually or usually”. Upon seeing the word prompt, the saying came to mind:...
by Joanne | May 9, 2019 | Encouragement
April was a dreary month which held more rainy days than not. Two days ago, the sun appeared one morning in all of its beauty and I found myself humming an old Beatles song: “Here comes the sun (doo doo doo doo) Here comes the sun, and I say It’s all right...