by Joanne | Feb 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
Recently I had to travel to a very new to me area of the city. We live in the suburbs and quite frankly, the city is not a place I go by choice. My husband set my navigation system for me and off I went, hoping to make it there and back with no detours, aka –...
by Joanne | Feb 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
This week we will celebrate Valentine’s Day – a day when it is traditional to send a card or give a gift to the people one loves. I read a study which stated that the average person will spend $146.84 with an expected total of $19.7 billion. Can we even imagine...
by Joanne | Feb 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
It’s was the fifth and final week of a month of praise. It proved to be a wonderful way to start off a new year. Praise helps in the middle of difficulties. We started the week with reading Psalm 62:8 and Philippians 4:6. David was telling us to attach ourselves...
by Joanne | Feb 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
As we look around at world events we quickly realize, the world is becoming an increasingly dark and sad place to live. With each passing day, the words of Jesus come to remind me: “Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold. But the one who...
by Joanne | Feb 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Where. Upon seeing the word prompt, my mind immediately goes to the passages from this past Sunday’s sermon at church: “Where can I go from your...
by Joanne | Jan 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
The words were familiar ones as they have been read before – “Stay alert! Watch our for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith …” (1...