by Joanne | Mar 2, 2016 | Encouragement
I love my house, although it is not necessarily the house I love but our yard. Growing up in the Bronx, we did not have a yard. We were surrounded by buildings and sidewalks which left little room for “nature” to occur. But now, living on our plot of land,...
by Joanne | Mar 1, 2016 | Encouragement
“Put your hope in the Lord. Travel steadily along his path. He will honor you by giving you the land. You will see the wicked destroyed.” (Psalm 37: 34, NLT) For days now, the word has been running through my thoughts. Providence. It is a word we...
by Joanne | Feb 29, 2016 | Encouragement
School days bring such critical moments of growth in our children. And in us as parents and grandparents too. We need such wisdom in knowing when to push our children and when to lay back. Spelling Bees. Remember those? I had not thought about them in years until...
by Joanne | Feb 23, 2016 | Encouragement
Last week was school vacation for us. And I spent a lot of time on our couch. While I love relaxing on our couch, this is not my favorite place to be, except if I am watching Fixer Upper, which I was not. Two trips to our primary and two rounds of antibiotics landed...
by Joanne | Feb 11, 2016 | Encouragement
Life can change on the dime. The world holds many uncertainties as do local events. We never know what a 24 hour segment of time can bring about in our sphere of influence. Yesterday I was reminded of the last recorded words of Moses. Forty years he led a grumbling...
by Joanne | Feb 4, 2016 | Encouragement
“Remember we all stumble, every one of us. That’s why it’s a comfort to go hand in hand.” (Emily Kimbrough) Have you ever noticed that once we have stumbled a bit, we never forget the hand of the one who came alongside of us. We remember the...
