by Joanne | Mar 17, 2020 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
We entered the fourth week of God’s Prevailing Purpose with reading Genesis 42:1-13. Here we find the band of brothers coming to Egypt to see if they can buy some grains so they can all survive the famine. In that split second when they bow before Joseph, Joseph...
by Joanne | Mar 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 … Less. The word fell on me in an ironic sort of way. In these unsettling, unstable, and uncertain days we are living, we seem to want more not...
by Joanne | Mar 6, 2020 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. The prompt this week is … Table. The word brings to mind the image of the last supper Jesus had with His disciples. Gathered around the table was the one one who...
by Joanne | Mar 4, 2020 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
My morning reading brought me to Exodus 13 where we find God giving instructions for the dedication of the firstborn in each family. Having spared the firstborn from the harm Pharaoh desired to do, God instructed how the event was to be memorialized. “This is a...
by Joanne | Mar 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
We opened the week with reading Genesis 39:19-23, where we find that upon hearing what his wife had to say, the master had Joseph thrown into prison. “But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the...
by Joanne | Mar 2, 2020 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
It’s funny the places our thoughts may go as they wander during the middle of the night. It had been a rough day with sleeplessness for our youngest eighteen month old granddaughter. Having not had a nap, we thought, surely, she will sleep earlier, longer, and...
