by Joanne | Apr 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
“The Father loves me because I sacrifice my life so I may take it back again. No one can take my life from me. I sacrifice it voluntarily. For I have the authority to lay it down when I want to and also to take it up again. For this is what my Father has...
by Joanne | Apr 5, 2019 | Encouragement
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Offer. The word prompts the question: “What can I offer?” The psalmist asked the very same question: “What can I offer the Lord for all he has...
by Joanne | Apr 4, 2019 | Book Reviews
When we need encouragement, we often open our Bibles to search out the familiar, the underlined, and the noted. Often we read in a lesser known version in the hopes of a new insight. We long for a fresh promise for the current season we are living. In her latest book,...
by Joanne | Apr 2, 2019 | Encouragement
When I read the book Whispers and Wildflowers, it was like a breath of fresh air. Somewhere in the depths of my heart, I knew it was a book that would be picked up again. And so this month of April, I am going through the book again. I am not sure where each of you...
by Joanne | Apr 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
Today is April 1st. Many pranks or practical jokes may be planned and played out over the course of the day. But my mind flashes back to this day thirty one years ago. It was a pregnancy most unlike my first. Bedridden from the suspected time of being pregnant, it had...
