by Joanne | Jan 16, 2024 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
It snowed the other night. Not enough to be bothersome and in need of shoveling. It was the soft, quiet, and gentle snow that covers just enough to blanket the trees and grass in a white beauty. I open my book in the early morning and read: “I will hearken what the...
by Joanne | Jan 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
My children are all grown and with children of their own. Yet I cannot forget the feeling which overcame me each time I gave birth as I held each of them. It was a most overwhelming emotion. As I sat in the stillness of my hospital room during the midnight hours, I...
by Joanne | Jan 13, 2024 | Quotes & Thoughts
“They did not say, ‘Where is the Lord, Who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, Who led us through the wilderness?” (Jeremiah 2:6, NASB) “Christianity is an intimate, growing relationship with the person of Jesus Christ. It is not a set of...
by Joanne | Jan 12, 2024 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Pattern. I remember well the days of going to the fabric store to select a pattern, fabric, and other needed supplies to make my own...
by Joanne | Jan 9, 2024 | Let's Have Coffee
Yesterday I shared a few of the lessons my One Word 2023, Guide, brought over the course of the past year. December did not quite turn out the way we had expected, nor desired. It was the longest month of the year and not because it has thirty one days. It was the...
