by Joanne | Sep 22, 2015 | Devoted Living
“My life is down in the dust, give me life through Your word. I told you about my life, and You listened to me.” (Psalm 119:25-26, Holman Christian Standard Bible) Amazing how reading from an unfamiliar version can bring new insights. And that is exactly...
by Joanne | Sep 21, 2015 | Devoted Living
There were some hard looks at rulers and sibling rivalry and battles but lessons to be gleaned: Jealousy and a thirst for power can make an ugly mix. Abimelech kills his brothers to gain rule over the people. The people allowed themselves to be influenced in ways they...
by Joanne | Sep 20, 2015 | Prayer
As your Shepherd the Lord is Always watching … Always keeping … Always providing … Always defending … Never forsaking. You are never forgotten … always loved! (from Always Loved by Roy Lessin, page 101) “Now all glory to God,...
by Joanne | Sep 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
Most Fridays, I join Kate Motaung for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt. Five minutes. No editing. Lots of women. All of us writing on that same word. Today the word prompt is … Celebrate. In seeing the word, I type it into my search bar: “to observe with...
by Joanne | Sep 17, 2015 | Book Reviews
We had married young, not realizing how young until years later. We had talked long and hard about where we would settle and live once married. He was from Massachusetts, a state I had not even visited before meeting him. Our two week honeymoon to Hawaii was just...
