by Joanne | Jan 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
I recently read that the average adult makes about 35,000 decisions a day. Granted some are made easily, requiring hardly any thought … Do I want ice in my water? or “What do I want to watch on TV?” Others are life changers which take more of our...
by Joanne | Jan 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
I’m joining Kate Motaung for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt. Five minutes. No editing. All of us writing on that same word. And the first prompt for 2016 is … First. Love sure can be fickle. We throw the word around rather casually from loving a...
by Joanne | Jan 7, 2016 | Encouragement
“If we don’t believe the things we put on our agendas will come true for us, then there’s no hope for us … We’ve got to believe in our beautiful impossible blueprints.” (Doris Lessing, The Golden Notebook) Agendas, goals,...
by Joanne | Jan 6, 2016 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
The study started with the first few verses of the book of Ruth. I read the words on the page: “So a man from Bethlehem in Judah left his home and went to live in the country of Moab.” (Ruth 1:1, NLT) And so comes the introduction to Elimelech and...
by Joanne | Jan 5, 2016 | Prayer
I remember the overwhelming flood of emotion when I gave birth to each of my own children. The weight of responsibility fell equally as hard as the realization that nothing could have prepared me for motherhood. There was never any doubt I would love them because I...
