by Joanne | Mar 12, 2015 | Encouragement
On a Sunday afternoon, I sit on one end of the sectional, reading, and she sat on the other end, crocheting. I watched as she carefully transformed the wool, slowly, as she scrutinized her work. After several rows were completed, she began to look more carefully,...
by Joanne | Feb 19, 2015 | Encouragement
I heard on the news of an eighty year old woman who slipped on ice, fell into a snowbank and was stuck there, unable to get up, for three hours. Thankfully she lived next door to a fire station and eventually a fireman heard her cries and came to her rescue. Notice...
by Joanne | Feb 12, 2015 | Encouragement
Each weekday, right around 11:30AM, I begin to ask Jocelyn the same question, “What would you like for lunch?” And each time, the response is always, always exactly the same, “Pee-ZAAAAA!” I ask solely because I love hearing the response. From...
by Joanne | Jan 20, 2015 | Encouragement
I open my Bible and read of a time when a vast army came against God’s people. In case we need to know just how large of an army it truly was, Scripture tells us it was an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots (2 Chronicles 14:9, NLT). King Asa deploys his...
by Joanne | Jan 15, 2015 | Encouragement
I am not sure how my friend and I began encouraging one another with these words but we reminded one another often. The words? “May you soar like an eagle today!” As life presented each of us different challenges, the only way we could encourage one...
by Joanne | Jan 13, 2015 | Encouragement
God knew the most powerful thing we can ever remember is this … God is ALL that He said He is. All that He has been in the past, is what He will be in the present, and will continue to be throughout all eternity. He does not and will not ever change: “I am...
