by Joanne | Mar 9, 2020 | Encouragement
A quick look at the news these days can be disheartening. The headlines are filled with reports of extreme weather storms, an unstable economic market, politicians making allegations against one another, and pandemic viruses which threaten the health of many. It would...
by Joanne | Mar 6, 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 … Table. The word brings to mind the image of the last supper Jesus had with His disciples. Gathered around the table was the one one who...
by Joanne | Mar 2, 2020 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
It’s funny the places our thoughts may go as they wander during the middle of the night. It had been a rough day with sleeplessness for our youngest eighteen month old granddaughter. Having not had a nap, we thought, surely, she will sleep earlier, longer, and...
by Joanne | Feb 28, 2020 | Encouragement, Prayer, Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. The prompt this week is … Before. Psalm 139 is most often quoted to remind us of the preciousness of life in the womb. Yet there is a verse even before the oft quoted...
by Joanne | Feb 12, 2020 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened by a yoke of slavery.” (Galatians 5:1, NIV) The verse has been before me, off and on, for a week now. A yoke is used to couple animals together for the...
by Joanne | Feb 9, 2020 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
“That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life …” (Matthew 6:25, NLT) “A warning which needs to be repeated is that “the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches,” and the lust for other things, will choke out the...
