by Joanne | Mar 20, 2023 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
Early mornings are my favorite time of day. As I said goodbye to my husband at the back door recently, we both spotted some deer in the woods out back. After he left, I continued to watch them as they are beautiful and majestic animals. When they came out of the...
by Joanne | Mar 6, 2023 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
“As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called Matthew sitting in the tax collector’s office; and He said to him, “Follow Me!” (Matthew 9:9b, NASB) One day Jesus was walking when He saw a man, Matthew, sitting performing his job, which happened to be that...
by Joanne | Mar 15, 2022 | Let's Have Coffee
Peter. I wonder if he knew how messy life would become when he first heard Jesus call him. “Follow Me” probably seemed easy at the time. How could he have known that every impetuous action was going to be recorded in Scripture for all time? He was the one...
by Joanne | Mar 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
In recent days, I have had several conversations with different people and the subject at hand was “fear”. We often use other words to describe our feelings ”“ like worry, concerns, anxiety ”“ so we don’t use the word “fear”. Our fears, if we are honest,...
by Joanne | Jun 13, 2017 | Devoted Living
Recently in reading of the call of the first disciples in Luke 5:1-11, several thoughts stood out … While many may “press in” on Jesus, only some will “go deeper”. Great crowds gathered round about Jesus that day on the shore of Galilee....
