by Joanne | Jan 24, 2018 | Encouragement
It was a short conversation, but one from the heart. In just a few minutes, the tears rolled down her cheeks as emotions rose quickly to the surface. Our eyes often become the outlet for our hearts. Tears are a common occurrence in each of our lives, although the...
by Joanne | Jan 23, 2018 | Encouragement
Our third week in studying hope, this truth became more and more evident each day … He is our hope both now and for our future days. We looked at five Scriptures which breathed hope into our days: We can have hope for our children. As parents, we would have no...
by Joanne | Jan 16, 2018 | Encouragement
We continued in our study of hope this past week, this truth becoming more and more evident each day … Hope rises up in our souls as we remember hope comes from God. This second week of looking more closely at “hope” brought the following...
by Joanne | Jan 9, 2018 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
The month of January lay before us as a blank slate, its days yearning for purpose, for direction, and for hope in the new year. My online Bible Study group, Hello Mornings, kept the month as a 31 day challenge. Life brings challenges and demands which often require...
by Joanne | Jan 2, 2018 | Encouragement
With a house full of family, it was nice to wake each morning to a few minutes with coffee and reading. December has been a most meaningful month. Advent brought a time to slow down a bit, even writing those words seems odd. December brings its own sort of busyness...
by Joanne | Dec 15, 2017 | Encouragement
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Different. It seems funny to see a word prompt that already has been in my thoughts for a few days in a different way. ‘Different’ according to the...