by Joanne | Jan 12, 2018 | Devoted Living
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Simplify. I have seen the word often since the start of the new year. Simplify – to make life easier, less complicated, plainer, and with less stuff or...
by Joanne | Jan 11, 2018 | Prayer
In a phone conversation with a friend recently, I found myself voicing – once again – my own battle with insecurity. Even as an adult woman, I still struggle with questioning if I measure up, or am good enough. Thankfully, as I grow older, I realize it is...
by Joanne | Jan 10, 2018 | Devoted Living
We all agree that God calls each of us to Himself. Yet how often do we stop to consider the implications of this truths: God calls each of us personally. God knows us, drawing us to Himself by our name. “But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, And...
by Joanne | Jan 9, 2018 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
The month of January lay before us as a blank slate, its days yearning for purpose, for direction, and for hope in the new year. My online Bible Study group, Hello Mornings, kept the month as a 31 day challenge. Life brings challenges and demands which often require...
by Joanne | Jan 8, 2018 | Book Reviews
Fear. It’s been a present companion throughout various times in my life. Not constant but present. It isn’t that I welcomed fear, it just arrived at times, rushing fiercely in and over any reason. My children are grown and married, I am now a Mimi who is...