by Joanne | Mar 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Place. It’s my home, the little bit of space where I am most free to be me and am comfortable. I love my place for that very reason – I know where...
by Joanne | Mar 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
Sleepless nights – they cause us to toss and turn and get anxious as the clock ticks away the hours. In Esther 6, we find a king experiencing a sleepless night. He had the book of history brought in to be read to him. While listening, he learns of a Jewish man,...
by Joanne | Mar 11, 2019 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
Jesus asks a most critical question not only of His disciples but of us as well: “Who is more important, the one who sits at the table or the one who serves? The one who sits at the table, of course. But not here! For I am among you as one who serves.†(Luke...
by Joanne | Mar 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … More. The word “more” brings the thought of greater, to a higher degree, or a higher quantity. The psalmist comes to a point in life where he...
by Joanne | Mar 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
In week four of “Then I Will Go“, my attention was turned towards the subject of prayer and fasting. In Esther 4 (verses 12-17), we find Esther and Mordecai engaged in a conversation through Hathach, a messenger. Mordecai responds to Esther with a hard message and...
by Joanne | Mar 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
Life is a battle. If I may be honest, some days I forget this. And then come the days, when life brings the reminder as the battle is fierce. Perhaps that is where you find yourself today so may I share some of the reminders which helped me lately. “A final word: be...
