by Joanne | May 25, 2020 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
Today is Memorial Day ”“ a day in which families will get together, barbeque, and enjoy the company of one another while remembering those who have served our country. As we open to the eighth song of Ascents, Psalm 127, we will discover some wonderful truths about...
by Joanne | Jan 31, 2020 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. The prompt this week is … Life. This morning I find myself convicted by words spoken the other day. I may have said, “I was not meant to live in this time. I...
by Joanne | Nov 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Full. I usually don’t see the word prompt until Friday morning. But this time was different as I read it on tonight. Thanksgiving night. The house is now...
by Joanne | Nov 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
Everyone desires to enjoy life. We seek to experience life with joy, striving to take in as much pleasure and/or satisfaction as we are able each day. Peter, in writing to God’s chosen people [aka ”“ us] tells us: “If you want to enjoy life and seem many happy...
by Joanne | Oct 31, 2019 | Book Reviews
The story of the prodigal son, as found in Luke 15, has always provoked me to examine myself. I have often wondered if there is not a little of both sons, yes, there are two, in each of us. “A son … two sons – one consumed with pleasure, the other...