by Joanne | Oct 19, 2016 | Encouragement
It was a Sunday much like other Sundays with family gathered around the dining room table for dinner. As the platters were being passed, I asked him, “What did you have for lunch?” He laughingly replied, “I didn’t have lunch. See? When you...
by Joanne | Oct 10, 2016 | Encouragement
The cover sits before me, the title drawing me in and yet it is months before Christmas. It’s the subtitle – The Weight Of Waiting – that keeps nagging at my heart. Each morning I pour my coffee and read one devotional in the early morning stillness....
by Joanne | Sep 22, 2016 | Encouragement
God is Love. Such a simple statement yet the most powerful of all statements. God loves us for ourselves and not for anything we can do or give Him. We cannot cause God to love us more, or less, than He already does. Yet we live in a performance-based culture, causing...
by Joanne | Sep 20, 2016 | Encouragement
When asked how she was doing, the words came spilling out as she shared about one difficulty after another, all occurring within the last few months. She ended with, “Sorry to complain so much.” Once alone, I opened my Bible to read the verse which had...
by Joanne | Sep 15, 2016 | Encouragement
“O Lord my God, you have performed many wonders for us. Your plans are too numerous to list. You have no equal.” (Psalm 40:5, NLT) My Bible open, the words – His Word – I sit staring at the words before me, waiting for thoughts to come. Turning...
by Joanne | Sep 14, 2016 | Encouragement
I am not sure how well (meaning with excellence) each of you wait but waiting well (with excellence) doesn’t come easily to me. I’m able to wait, and patiently at that, for a time and then I want to move things along. Impatience can set in. Please tell me...
