by Joanne | Sep 9, 2024 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
Stories. We love to hear them and more so, we love to tell them. Stories unfold in the books we read, the movies we watch, and in life around us. They are important as they help to form our opinions and the decisions we come to make. When our lives have been...
by Joanne | Sep 3, 2024 | Let's Have Coffee
Let’s return to Jonah for one more week … After the fish spits Jonah out, God speaks to Jonah a second time to go to Nineveh. This time Jonah is obedient and their response is repentance. Jonah finds himself mad for they have now avoided calamity coming...
by Joanne | Sep 2, 2024 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
The verse is open before me and it could have been a neon sign rather instead of printed words. “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.” (Psalm 51:17, NASB) Life isn’t always easy. Perhaps it’s never...
by Joanne | Aug 31, 2024 | Quotes & Thoughts
“God spoke further to Moses and said to him, “I am the Lord; and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name, Lord, I did not make Myself known to them.” (Exodus 6:2-3, NASB) “As God walked with His people through the...
by Joanne | Aug 30, 2024 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … History. Sadly I admit, history was not my favorite subject in school. I did well in the subject to maintain grades. Having a good...