by Joanne | Apr 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
It isn’t an easy thing to ask for help. We don’t want to bother people. We don’t know if they truly desire to help, or if we would be overwhelming them. We think we need to navigate every challenge on our own. We fear being perceived as weak or inept. But the truth is...
by Joanne | Apr 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Yesterday was Easter – a day we think about our Lord, all He endured, and His resurrection. It is also a day in which we revisit our decision to follow Jesus, to commit our lives to Him. As Jesus was on the Cross, knowing the end was coming, He uttered these...
by Joanne | Apr 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is: Without. To be without is to have the absence of something or someone. The disciples had done three years of living with Jesus. He was...
by Joanne | Apr 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
The news, sports, and recent TV shows had just about worn me down. So I recently turned to watching older and more historical programming. In so doing, a word crossed my path. Farrier. Yet what was seen before my eyes was an old fashioned blacksmith. It was...
by Joanne | Apr 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is: Scared. Scared, according to the dictionary (Merriam-Webster), means “thrown into or being in a state of fear, fright, or...
by Joanne | Apr 7, 2025 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
A recent read of Matthew 25:35-40 brought a question into focus. In this passage, Jesus speaks of the nations being gathered around Him. He will separate them one from another, placing some on His right and some on His left. Jesus then says: “Then the King will say to...
