by Joanne | Nov 19, 2020 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
My social media feeds are filled with Christmas trees, Christmas lights, wrapped presents, and homes all decked out cheerfully. It’s as if we have had enough of all the events of the year and have moved onto Christmas. Advent. The time of waiting. The time of...
by Joanne | Nov 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
Relationships can be messy. And hard. And painful. If we ever needed proof of this, we only need to look back over this past year of 2020. Relationships of every sort have been tried, strained, or strengthened with the challenges being varied and plenteous. At times,...
by Joanne | Nov 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
“You honor me by anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with blessings.†(Psalm 23:5b, NLT) Here where I live, the spring season brings not only beautiful weather but a short time when green flies will annoy and bite you to pieces. The bites are more itchy...
by Joanne | Nov 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. The prompt this week is … Cancel. Cancel – to make something void; to decide that an event, activity, or celebration will not take place. So much of our...
by Joanne | Nov 11, 2020 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
Children, especially toddlers, are the most amazing humans. Well, that is my opinion. Being in the “Mimi” stage of life can bring a much different perspective of said humans, as I give them back at the end of our time together, and that can make all the...
by Joanne | Nov 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
“You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.“ (Psalm 23:5, NKJV) The shepherds of the psalmist days would travel to a high, flat summer range in order for the sheep to have the best land to graze. This may have been exactly what David had in mind...
