by Joanne | Mar 10, 2017 | Encouragement
The Five Minute Friday prompt this week is … Abandon. 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. Dictionary.com defines ‘abandon’ as “to leave completely and finally;...
by Joanne | Mar 9, 2017 | Encouragement
Just a few verses each day can keep my thoughts going for a few days, the meaning becoming clearer and richer, shedding light in my soul. So it has been once I read Psalm 119:28: “I weep with sorrow; encourage me by your word.” The psalmist obviously had a...
by Joanne | Mar 2, 2017 | Encouragement
Some days we each need the reminder that all we do in this life truly does matter. And my reading the other day brought just that reminder. The Lord instructed Samuel to start looking for a new king. Saul had been rejected by God as king and it was time for his throne...
by Joanne | Feb 24, 2017 | Encouragement
The Five Minute Friday prompt this week is … Slow. 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. The decision had just about been made not to do the FMF linkup this week. But then, that was...
by Joanne | Feb 20, 2017 | Encouragement
I grew up in Sunday School which means the story of Noah and the ark is a most familiar one. Yet the other morning, there was a newness in the story which stood out on the pages before me. God has Noah build an ark according to very specific instructions, which Noah...
by Joanne | Feb 8, 2017 | Encouragement
My one word for the year is “Audacious” with one of the definitions being “extremely bold or daring” (from dictionary.com). My eyes and ears are becoming more attuned to when God stops me in His Word to teach me more about my word. After...