by Joanne | Sep 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
” … he will give a crown of beauty for ashes …” (Isaiah 61:3) The photos come to my phone and I return to view them again and again. I find the words to a song flooding my thoughts and taking on deeper meaning: “Water You turned into...
by Joanne | Sep 18, 2017 | Book Reviews
The question had been asked of me often over the last few months. “Why?” It is a one word question that asks the greater question, “Why does God allow pain?” Or disappointment? Or suffering or … any other unbearable heartache or trauma. I...
by Joanne | Sep 17, 2017 | Devoted Living
“For they all out of their surplus put into the offering; but she out of her poverty put in all that she had.” (Luke 21:4) Although I did not understand the words of her song, I understood the words of her heart. God used that moment to reveal to me what...
by Joanne | Sep 15, 2017 | Encouragement
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Support. Turning to dictionary.com, I read: to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for to sustain or withstand (weight,...
by Joanne | Sep 14, 2017 | Devoted Living
One generation can think so differently from the next. As the years pass, the desire to converse and learn from my own parents has been on the increase as I come to recognize there is a wisdom waiting to be gleaned. Combine wisdom with godliness and what is truly...
