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...
by Joanne | Feb 3, 2020 | Encouragement
There have been many lessons learned over the years with my granddaughters. Like the time Sophia asked for a banana. I handed her one and we sat down to read together. She wanted to peel it by herself. “Your bananas are sweet, Mimi. Deliciousâ€. Glad she was...
by Joanne | Feb 2, 2020 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
“Then it pleased him to reveal his Son to me …” (Galatians 1:15, NLT) “As servants of God we must learn to make room for Him – to give God “elbow room”. We plan and figure and predict that this or that will happen, but we...
