by Joanne | May 13, 2014 | Book Reviews
At times, I can become familiar with a story and in thinking I know it, completely miss what may lie just beneath the surface facts. There are truths in Scripture which are meant to be mined; we need to dig a bit to find the treasure hidden in the well known stories....
by Joanne | May 13, 2014 | Encouragement
For much of my life, I had better than 20/20 vision. Reading glasses entered my life at some point. And then … mono vision. I now wear contacts, with two different strengths, enabling my right eye to be able to read and see up close; my left to see in the...
by Joanne | May 12, 2014 | Encouragement
There are days it seems I have made progress. Then there are the days, I realize … not so much. It is the “not so much” days which can cause me to get hard on myself. At this point in life, I thought I would be so much further along. Now I am not...
by Joanne | May 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
DaysnThoughts , joined other bloggers, and has gone silent for Mother’s Day, in solidarity with the mothers of nearly 300 girls, kidnapped from their schools in Nigeria. To learn more, click here. I will return on Monday. #BringBackOurGirls
by Joanne | May 9, 2014 | Devoted Living
It is amazing how we can look at a family line and see resemblances. Facial features, personalities traits, hobbies, lines of work – all can be passed down from one generation to another. Sometimes it is a positive occurrence, sometimes not. But it is always a...