by Joanne | Apr 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
Today I’m joining Kate Motaung for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt. Five minutes. No editing. All of us writing on that same word. Today’s prompt is … Whole. I went to bed with two thoughts on my heart. One was of the moral failure of a young man. The other...
by Joanne | Apr 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer. (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.) In reading the quote, I think back on the last few weeks of a Bible Study which has been encouraging me to love more like Jesus. As the quote...
by Joanne | Apr 6, 2016 | Encouragement
Over the last few days, I have been looking at a familiar and often quoted verse. It has nagged at me in the best possible way. It’s a verse we go to when we are praying and waiting, especially if we are waiting longer than we would like. I am in that praying...
by Joanne | Apr 5, 2016 | Book Reviews
In the middle of a difficult situation years ago, it was said to me, “Don’t worry. When God works it all out, He will hand back your life on a silver platter.” The one sentence gave me hope and is something which remained tucked in the recesses of my...
by Joanne | Apr 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
One afternoon last week, the call came instructing us all to get inside, locking doors and windows until further notice. It was a police robo call informing us the police were looking for a criminal in our neighborhood, on my very street, no less. The hunt actually...
