by Joanne | Sep 22, 2016 | Encouragement
God is Love. Such a simple statement yet the most powerful of all statements. God loves us for ourselves and not for anything we can do or give Him. We cannot cause God to love us more, or less, than He already does. Yet we live in a performance-based culture, causing...
by Joanne | Jun 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
If ever world news has reminded us of our great need for the Lord, surely this weekend was one of those times. We watched the TV screen as reports unfolded, our hearts – as many of yours – filled with such shock, sadness, and grief. I sat wondering how do...
by Joanne | Jun 8, 2016 | Encouragement
These days of sunshine have brought us back outside to play and we’re loving it. The past week has found us in the driveway shooting baskets. It was one of our favorite pastimes with our own children and our two granddaughters are beginning to find...
by Joanne | May 12, 2016 | Encouragement
There was a photo of a beautiful flower on Facebook and she asked, “Does anyone know what this is?” I replied, “A columbine flower.” Seemed harmless enough until I then was tagged to do a seven day photo challenge to find beauty out of my door....
by Joanne | Dec 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
I recently found myself reading in Hosea. It is a beautiful story of how Hosea loves his wife, who is unfaithful to him. Not only unfaithful, she prostitutes herself – making herself difficult to love and an embarrassment to Hosea, a prophet. But Hosea woos...
