by Joanne | Mar 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
In the early morning light, the verse is before me: “Letters wishing peace and security were sent to the Jews throughout the 127 provinces of the empire of Xerxes.” (Esther 10:30, NLT) The story is a familiar one of how Esther and Mordecai stop the evil...
by Joanne | Mar 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
“So they called these days Purim†(Esther 9:26, NKJV). God’s people had survived a horrific plan of annihilation. These two days of celebration, Purim, were begun in order for these circumstances to be remembered. Today we would probably say it was a “national...
by Joanne | Mar 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Reward. The Scripture came to mind as soon as I read the prompt. However, this time I sat looking at it for a long time. It’s familiar to me but I felt...
by Joanne | Mar 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
Recently I read Esther 9:11-15. Here we find the king calling for Esther so that he could let her know the number of men, desiring to attack the Jews, which had been killed. He then asked her what more he could grant to her she. Esther boldly asked for a repeat of the...
by Joanne | Mar 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
Several years ago, I met Flash the donkey and a new to me author, Rachel Anne Ridge. The book spoke to my heart in the sweetest and gentlest of ways and this meant, purchasing copies and gifting the book to many friends. You can read my review of this book HERE. And...
by Joanne | Mar 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
In recent days, I have had several conversations with different people and the subject at hand was “fearâ€. We often use other words to describe our feelings – like worry, concerns, anxiety – so we don’t use the word “fearâ€. Our fears, if we are honest,...
