by Joanne | Feb 3, 2014 | Encouragement
Today I am sharing an edited version, and somewhat rewritten version, of an older post…… A phone call. Some calls can be so fun. Some can be challenging. Some can make us cry. Some can make us question. I had a call the other day that did just that –...
by Joanne | Jan 29, 2014 | Encouragement
It is amazing how our created world displays its Creator. Just the last few weeks, I have marveled at: The whiteness of freshly fallen snow – crisp and clean. The sound of the wind blowing through our yard – at times sounding like a freight train. The...
by Joanne | Jan 27, 2014 | Encouragement
We looked out the family room window at our snow covered, moonlit yard and there they were – three deer. Beautiful and majestic. Their faces could be clearly seen as they looked the yard over for food. They nibbled at the bird seed which had been knocked to the...
by Joanne | Jan 23, 2014 | Encouragement
The sermon series continued this week and the Scriptures were read. The entire chapter was read but two verses seemed amplified in my mind. I knew I would come back to them when time permitted me to do so. “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has...
by Joanne | Jan 15, 2014 | Encouragement
There are days we are left with more questions than answers. Things we cannot understand. Circumstances we will never be able to explain. The pain is greater than we ever thought we would be able to endure. Our hearts feel like they will break. The darkness envelops...
by Joanne | Jan 9, 2014 | Encouragement
I am not sure how many years ago I first did Believing God by Beth Moore. It is a study full of truths which have stayed with me. Truths committed to memory for she has you repeat truth until it becomes ingrained. How very grateful I am for all the index cards which...
