by Joanne | May 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
Comfort. Oh the things that bring us comfort…. our home comfort food comfort smells a blanket a person a memory I remember my granddaughter this week wanting her binkie. When only the binkie would bring that needed comfort. And she hummed as she finally got it...
by Joanne | May 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
Brave. What came to mind was the book, Anything by Jennie Allen. The book explores a prayer of surrender which the author prayed. The prayer, simply stated is, “Anything. God I will do anything.†To say the book has challenged my faith & my relationship with...
by Joanne | Apr 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
Friend. I have always had a friend at every stage of my life. It seems that the stages of my life have been marked by deep & meaningful friendships. The person that I could share & bare my soul. The friend that I could cry & pray together with. So parts of...
by Joanne | Apr 23, 2013 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
For about a week now, I have been pondering this question: How much do I love life? My life. I mean like I have been mulling this over & over. I am not sure what precipitated all this. I just know that this is where I found myself. For days. I found that I really...
by Joanne | Apr 21, 2013 | Prayer, Uncategorized
This is a prayer of Gregory of Nyssa…… Lord, from You flows true and continual kindness. You had cast us off and justly so, but in Your mercy You forgave us. You were at odds with us, and You reconciled us. You had set a curse on us, and You blessed us....
by Joanne | Apr 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
Jump. Just the word brings back all kinds of memories of that summer. The summer I decided that while on vacation at the lake, I would indeed, put on my life jacket & JUMP. My fear had always held me back from swimming out to the platform out in the water &...
