by Joanne | May 18, 2020 | Devoted Living, Encouragement
The days of this pandemic crisis continue on, one day blending into another, making it easy to lose sight of time. Some days seem like they could come right out of the story line from a drama series or sci-fi movie. It would be more than wonderful to wake up one...
by Joanne | May 12, 2020 | Devoted Living, Encouragement
Most days I raise the shade on the window as I dry my hair. I never tire of watching the sun rise up over the woods which sit at the end of our yard. Here’s the thing I have discovered: The sun always rises, but never in quite the same way. It had been a stressful...
by Joanne | May 3, 2020 | Devoted Living
“For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry.” (Habakkuk 2:3, NKJV) “Though it tarries, wait for it …” The...
by Joanne | Apr 29, 2020 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
The Scripture has been crossing my path for days now, which was indicative it was time to pause and take a deeper look at it. “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces...
by Joanne | Apr 27, 2020 | Devoted Living, Encouragement
We are turning this week to Psalm 123, the fourth of the Psalms of Ascent, where we find the psalmist turning his eyes to look to God. It is with this act of gazing upward that we can come to understand the stance of faith. “Faith is the upward vision of the...
by Joanne | Apr 26, 2020 | Devoted Living
“So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord …” (2 Corinthians 3:18, NLT) “A servant of God must stand so very much alone that he never realizes he is alone. In the early stages of the Christian life,...
