by Joanne | Apr 21, 2016 | Devoted Living
“What do you feel like having for breakfast,” I asked myself. The response came pretty quickly, “A soft-boiled egg.” It had been a very long time since I had eaten one, maybe even years. But suddenly I wanted one like my mom used to make us....
by Joanne | Apr 19, 2016 | Devoted Living
“Therefore, we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not...
by Joanne | Apr 17, 2016 | Devoted Living
“Don’t be dejected and sad, for the joy of the Lord is your strength!” (Nehemiah 8:10, NLT) The burden that God places on us squeezes the grapes in our lives and produces the wine, but most of us see only the wine and not the burden. No power...
by Joanne | Apr 13, 2016 | Devoted Living
The emotions had been bottled up for a bit. I should have known better than to think ignoring them would make them disappear. They never do, you know. Time alone would be the only way to sort it all through and maybe, just maybe, even begin to make some sense of it...
by Joanne | Apr 12, 2016 | Devoted Living
Let me share a story from Luke 5: 1-11. Here’s the short version: A group of men (fishermen by trade) are approached by Jesus (a carpenter by trade), who basically tells them how and where they should fish. In so doing, they catch a boat load (literally) of fish...
by Joanne | Apr 10, 2016 | Devoted Living
“But I know this: I was blind, and now I can see!” (John 9:25b, NLT) You should always recognize the difference between what you see Jesus to be and what He has done for you. If you see only what He has done for you, your God is not big enough. But...
