by Joanne | Dec 18, 2016 | Prayer, Uncategorized
“Mary responded, “I am the Lord’s servant.” (Luke 1:38, NLT) Dear Jesus, What a remarkable person she was, your mother. Help me to hear beyond the liturgical familiarity of those words to their far-reaching implications. The honor bestowed on...
by Joanne | Dec 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
In between the Old Testament and the New Testament lies a period of time in which God’s people lived under six different governments. And silence. Four hundred years of silence to be exact. God who had led them with a cloud by day, fire by night, who had...
by Joanne | Dec 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Think of some of the Christmas hymns we sing each year. We know many of them by heart but may not have given much attention or thought to the words themselves. Like this line from “O Come, Let Us Adore Him”: “Word of the Father, now in flesh...
by Joanne | Dec 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
“This is a record of the ancestors of Jesus, the Messiah, a descendant of David and of Abraham….” (Matthew 1:1, NLT) Thank you, God, That the genealogy of your Son is a lineage of grace, a testimony to the reach of your love throughout the...
by Joanne | Dec 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
It’s Friday which means I am joining Kate Motaung for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt. Five minutes. No editing. Many of us writing on that same word. Today’s prompt is … Joy. Joy – often defined as the deep seated emotion of delight we feel that is...
by Joanne | Dec 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
In reading a wonderful post about a moment in the Charlie Brown Christmas program which can be easily missed, I was flooded with the joy of years passed. One of the special memories I hold dear is of my children and I snuggling under the covers on my bed, watching...
