by Joanne | Dec 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
This month of Advent, we all tend to concentrate on Scriptures surrounding the birth of Jesus. Familiarity of the events, combined with the busyness of the month, can often result in the story being skimmed over rather quickly. Please tell me I am not the only one...
by Joanne | Dec 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
The “C” word. Not the word, Christmas. But the word – Cancer. It is the word no one wants to hear when they sit across from a doctor as he is giving their diagnosis. Cancer has no friends. It does not play favorites, striking wherever and whomever it...
by Joanne | Dec 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
“The angel assured them, “Don’t be afraid!” he said. “I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people. The Savior – yes, the Messiah, the Lord – has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David!” (Luke...
by Joanne | Dec 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
Luke made certain we would always know our Savior had no home, no clothes, no bassinet. No comforts. Our long awaited Savior homeless. He left His home in the glories of heaven, set aside His own glory and came to earth entering the human race to save us. And He...
by Joanne | Dec 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
It is amazing how a song can hit with a freshness that causes one to stop in absolute wonder. One line breathes life into that which has been known for years. A virgin cried when You were born. Tears of joy and tears of pain. Mary, a young girl, pregnant and unsure of...
by Joanne | Dec 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
I recently found myself reading in Hosea. It is a beautiful story of how Hosea loves his wife, who is unfaithful to him. Not only unfaithful, she prostitutes herself – making herself difficult to love and an embarrassment to Hosea, a prophet. But Hosea woos...
