by Joanne | Feb 29, 2016 | Encouragement
School days bring such critical moments of growth in our children. And in us as parents and grandparents too. We need such wisdom in knowing when to push our children and when to lay back. Spelling Bees. Remember those? I had not thought about them in years until...
by Joanne | Feb 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
“For I am already being poured out like a drink offering …..” (2 Timothy 4:6, NIV) “Natural human love expects something in return. But Paul is saying, “It doesn’t really matter to me whether you love me or not. I am willing...
by Joanne | Feb 27, 2016 | Devoted Living
Faith can be such a hard concept to figure out. So often we turn to Hebrews 11 to boost our faith. “Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it give us assurance about things we cannot see.” (Hebrews 11:1, NLT) The chapter then...
by Joanne | Feb 26, 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 …. Morning. I woke up this morning. Taking a few minutes to see how the thoughts would come, my mind filled...
by Joanne | Feb 25, 2016 | Devoted Living
Since our first granddaughter, Sophia, was very small, my mom has taught our granddaughters about “Scout’s honorâ€. Whenever we would ask her to do something, we would say, “Scout’s honorâ€, making the sign of scouts with our fingers. For a while,...
