by Joanne | May 7, 2024 | Devoted Living
We continued to look at idols which can take root in our lives. We can look to appearance, food, body image, and health to name a few. But one stood out from the rest, almost like the leader of the pack – the idol of self-sufficiency. Society feeds us the lie...
by Joanne | Apr 1, 2024 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
The days leading up to Easter bring us to reflect much on the sacrifice, death, and resurrection of our Lord. Maybe this is the reason the verse poked at my soul for a few days. “He said, “Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the...
by Joanne | Mar 26, 2024 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
Do you think of yourself in terms of a saint? This is our identity in Jesus and yet I don’t think I remember this often enough. “To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in...
by Joanne | Mar 8, 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 … Dedicate. Dedicate – a quick perusal of definitions reveals words like “to devote; to set apart for a definite...
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 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...
