by Joanne | Jan 24, 2020 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. The prompt this week is … Relief. My Bible dictionary gives this definition for relief: “removal or lightening of something oppressive, painful, or...
by Joanne | Dec 15, 2019 | Encouragement
“For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ.” (Colossians 1:19, NLT) “God saves, not God empathizes, cares, listens, helps, assists, or applauds. God saves. Specifically “he will save his people from their sins.” Jesus came...
by Joanne | Dec 2, 2019 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
Psalm 23 may be the most well known psalm and yet still fell fresh upon reading these words: “The Lord is my shepherd; I have all that I need. He let me rest in green meadows; he leads me beside peaceful streams. He renews my strength. He guides me along right...
by Joanne | Nov 21, 2019 | Encouragement
“Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” (Matthew 11:29, NLT) This verse sits sandwiched between two more familiar ones, thus making it one easy to overlook. Here we find in...
by Joanne | Nov 20, 2019 | Encouragement
Doubts. We all have them, we don’t like them, and are embarrassed to admit them. Doubt has been defined as “distrust; to be uncertain”; the definition quite similar in both a world and Bible dictionaries. I wrote these words to a friend the other...
by Joanne | Nov 10, 2019 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
“We love each other because he loved us first.” (1 John 4:19, NLT) “Untethered by time, he sees us all … he saw us before we were born. And he loves what he sees. Flooded by emotion. Overcome by pride, the Starmaker turns to us, one by one, and...
