by Joanne | Dec 9, 2014 | Encouragement
It’s amazing how this time of year causes us to turn our attention to the birth of Christ and the events surrounding His arrival. It is astounding to think of Deity dwelling on earth and living as one of us. What was it like to watch Him crawl for the first...
by Joanne | Dec 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
The first week of Advent is over. It has been a wonderful time of study and reflection over at Hello Mornings. We are currently doing the study, Then Came Jesus. Let me share some of my thoughts from this first week: Can we even imagine all the emotions Mary...
by Joanne | Dec 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
“Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.’ ” (Matthew 1:23, NLT) Immanuel Immanuel, the With of God Incarnate Love on carnal sod. Set aside Thy lofty...
by Joanne | Dec 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’m joining 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 … Dear. I read the word prompt and thought, “Dear me, what a strange prompt!” and...
by Joanne | Dec 4, 2014 | Encouragement
The days seem to be passing so quickly this fall. I keep ripping the pages off my calendar, realizing it will soon be time to start a new one. For days now, God has brought me back to a familiar passage about “timeâ€. I think Solomon must have felt this same...
