by Joanne | Aug 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Desperate. The news …. it’s hard to watch and yet, hard to turn away from. Whether it is national or foreign...
by Joanne | Aug 25, 2021 | Let's Have Coffee, Uncategorized
If you know me at all, you will know that toddlers are my favorite people. I would choose a toddler over an adult any day. Toddlers teach me lessons and provoke thoughts I may have missed if I were not in their company. And 3YO Eliza teaches me plenty … In...
by Joanne | Aug 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
The book of Esther is not only bringing new insights, but it is also relevant to current events and brings much hope. In Esther 3:7-11, we find Haman still at work, working his evil plan that is. The astrologers cast lots. Not a godly way to make a decision but none...
by Joanne | Aug 21, 2021 | Prayer, Quotes & Thoughts, Uncategorized
There is no way one can ever know, at the beginning of the year, the impact of one word. I continue to be amazed how my word, Prevail, continues to weave its way deeply into my heart and mind. I am not sure when I saw, on Twitter, the book recommended by Pastor Jim...
by Joanne | Aug 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Teach. Teach has been defined as the act of imparting knowledge or skill through instruction. In looking at the definition, I...
by Joanne | Aug 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
As familiar as the book of Esther is, it is amazing how new and fresh and relevant it is each time it is read. There were a few observations which I made in reading Esther 1:16-22: Did Queen Vashti truly do wrong to ALL the princes and ALL the people who are in the...
