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...
by Joanne | Nov 17, 2015 | Encouragement
I sat down again to look over the Scriptures I’ve been drawn to read repeatedly over the last week … “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.” (Psalm 136:1, NLT) In this psalm, the psalmist stated, “His...
by Joanne | Sep 20, 2015 | Prayer
As your Shepherd the Lord is Always watching … Always keeping … Always providing … Always defending … Never forsaking. You are never forgotten … always loved! (from Always Loved by Roy Lessin, page 101) “Now all glory to God,...
by Joanne | May 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
I’m joining Kate Motaung for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt. Five minutes. No editing. Lots of women. All of us writing on that same word. Today the word prompt is … Blue. I see the prompt this morning and only one thing comes to mind: Something old,...
by Joanne | Mar 28, 2015 | The Random Five
In looking out the windows facing our yard, I discovered growing patches of grass, our swing set has reappeared and signs of our patio furniture! And this week I also discovered these wonderful posts: 1) Authenticity. We need to be real both with other people and with...
