by Joanne | Apr 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. The prompt this week is … Patient. If I were to define ‘patient’, I would say it is the ability to endure annoyance, inconvenience, delays, or hardship...
by Joanne | Apr 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
We will soon be married 41 years and I’m still learning new things about him. The current crisis hits us both so differently, as one might expect. I withdraw into anything I can – Scripture, a book, the news, a Hallmark movie (the ending is always happy),...
by Joanne | Apr 6, 2020 | Encouragement, Prayer, Uncategorized
As the past week unfolded, emotions seemed to ebb and flow depending on the current day’s news. So much of it can be overwhelming. It can be difficult to see the beauty in the days and as this pandemic wears on, the realization hits that we are going to grow weary....
by Joanne | Apr 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
“Then Jesus went with them to the olive grove called Gethsemane and he said … Stay here and keep watch with me.” (Matthew 26:36, 38, NLT) “We can never fully comprehend Christ’s agony in the Garden of Gethsemane … The agony of...
by Joanne | Apr 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. The prompt this week is … Now. Now, in this present time and moment. Life has quickly changed and continues to change at a rapidly each day. Now many of us are having...
by Joanne | Apr 1, 2020 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
I’m not sleeping well these days. At least not at night. Now during the afternoon, you might find me taking a short nap to catch up on some much needed sleep. It was still dark as I made my way down the hall to the kitchen. I thought for sure I would have slept...
