by Joanne | Jul 9, 2013 | Devoted Living
I have been mulling something around in my head for just about a week now. I am reading “Bread & Wine” by Shauna Niequist. Excellent book but not if your desire is to remain snug in your comfort zone. Shauna does a gentle shaking of the best kind 🙂 It...
by Joanne | Jul 2, 2013 | Devoted Living
The words came back in a rush, filling my thoughts. I knew them well. How many times had I quoted them? In church services. At funerals. At Bible Studies. Familiarity can rob at times. It robs the depth of meaning as we repeat the familiar so casually. Our minds can...
by Joanne | Jun 25, 2013 | Devoted Living
The other day my son was looking for both a Sharpie & a pencil. Both can be found on my desk – the Sharpie in one of my drawers & pencils on top of my desk usually in a baggie. Most of the pencils are small as I will keep using them until I can no longer...
by Joanne | Jun 24, 2013 | Devoted Living
Grace. We talk about it a lot. For a few days now, I have been compiling a list of quotes from various sources on grace. May they bless you & speak to your heart deeply about the grace of God…. “Grace means you’re in a different universe from...
by Joanne | Jun 17, 2013 | Devoted Living
For many years, I have had a deep rooted fear of water. I mean deep rooted. And I mean FEAR. That fear has kept me from fully enjoying swimming or being in water where my feet are unable to feel the ground beneath them. But a few years ago, when turning 50, I had...
by Joanne | May 14, 2013 | Devoted Living
Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope. It is confidence and zeal and loyalty….It is staying power, the spirit which endures to the end – the will to win. With it all things are possible, without it everything else…is...
