by Joanne | Mar 23, 2017 | Devoted Living
Count off seven weeks from when you first begin to cut the grain at the time of harvest. Then celebrate the Festival of Harvest to honor the LORD your God. Bring him a voluntary offering in proportion to the blessings you have received from him. This is a time to...
by Joanne | Mar 22, 2017 | Encouragement
Earlier this morning I read Luke 8:40-48 where I found two encounters with Jesus. First we have Jairus, who comes to ask Jesus to heal his only daughter, who is dying. While Jesus is on his way to the home of Jairus, the crowd is still with him, and a woman...
by Joanne | Mar 21, 2017 | Devoted Living
It is about mid-way through the Lent season, my thoughts return to conversations and admissions. To “give something up for Lentâ€, as explained by dictionary.com, “is to abandon a pleasurable habit as an act of devotion and self-discipline.” It is a 40...
by Joanne | Mar 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
One morning. Two women. And pregnancies. They can be so complex and varied, each the start of a new story, a dream. God comes to Abraham, making a covenant, promising Abraham he will be the father of many nations. A multitude of nations, in fact. Abraham’s...
by Joanne | Mar 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
“Can a mother forget her nursing child? Can she feel no love for the child she has borne? But even if that were possible, I would not forget you! See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands.” (Isaiah 49:15-16a, NLT) We are moved to pray for the...
