by Joanne | Mar 3, 2025 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
My husband and I have always said, if there is an easy way to do something, it always ends up being the hard way for us. No matter how we may think it through and plan it out, it usually ends up being harder than we originally had thought. Sure my husband and I became...
by Joanne | Mar 2, 2025 | Quotes & Thoughts, Uncategorized
“The troubles of my heart have enlarged; Bring me out of my distresses!” (Psalm 25:17, NKJV) “Our first inclination in times of difficulty is to pray, “Bring me out!” But we should be praying, “Build me up.” God enlarges us by...
by Joanne | Feb 28, 2025 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Original. Earlier this morning, I read Revelation 21:1-6. There is such hope to be found in these verses as God will one day...
by Joanne | Feb 24, 2025 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
For some time we have been told our stories matter. And they do. They are important. But lately it has been in my thoughts that our stories are important because they are God’s story. Our stories reflect the activity and work of God in our lives. It demonstrates how...
by Joanne | Feb 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … But. Upon seeing the word prompt, one thought immediately came to mind: “There but by the grace of God go I.” I have no...
by Joanne | Feb 10, 2025 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
Every house we lived in needed some work. They weren’t fixer-uppers per se, but over the course of time, we knew they would need some changes. We took the changes, one might call updates, little by little. We did them over the years, as money afforded, and time...
