by Joanne | May 1, 2017 | Encouragement
Recently I found myself turning back to a story which has continued to impact my life over the course of the last few years. At this point, it is most familiar to me as I have turned it inside out in search of its depth of meaning, always to discover a new gem of...
by Joanne | Apr 27, 2017 | Encouragement
The story of Hagar has been before me for a few days. Hagar, the Egyptian maidservant of Sarai. She was stripped of all personal rights as a person, as a woman, and had to give into Sarai’s every demand. Her very name, Hagar, means “flight”. This is...
by Joanne | Apr 7, 2017 | Encouragement
The Five Minute Friday prompt this week is … Enough. You can click at the bottom of this post to get to Kate Motaung’s site and read all that has been shared on this word. Enough … I read the word and enter it into the search bar – “adequate for...
by Joanne | Apr 4, 2017 | Encouragement
It’s been more than a week that I have been reading Mark 11. Each day, I open and pour over the words before me, knowing there is more to be seen and understood. Part of the chapter is so familiar as we hear the story every year come Palm Sunday. The triumphant...
by Joanne | Apr 2, 2017 | Encouragement
“Come now, let’s settle this,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them white as wool.” (Isaiah 1:18, NLT) The craftsmen examine the wool....
by Joanne | Mar 22, 2017 | Encouragement
Earlier this morning I read Luke 8:40-48 where I found two encounters with Jesus. First we have Jairus, who comes to ask Jesus to heal his only daughter, who is dying. While Jesus is on his way to the home of Jairus, the crowd is still with him, and a woman...
