by Joanne | Sep 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
” … he will give a crown of beauty for ashes …” (Isaiah 61:3) The photos come to my phone and I return to view them again and again. I find the words to a song flooding my thoughts and taking on deeper meaning: “Water You turned into...
by Joanne | Sep 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
I wrote this post a few years ago and am revisiting it today … There are days God shows up in the most unexpected, and undeserved ways, and He leaves me breathless, full of emotion and praise. I will admit, I have had some big requests of Him lately. Big in my...
by Joanne | Mar 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
If I count myself more, behold Thou standest against me, and my iniquities bear true testimony, and I cannot gainsay it. But if I abase myself, and bring myself to nought, and shrink from all self-esteem, and grind myself to dust, which I am, Thy grace will be...
by Joanne | Mar 13, 2017 | Encouragement
“Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him yet again – my Savior and my God! (Psalm 42:11, NLT) The psalmist often gave his soul a talking to when he found himself down. The psalmist had confidence in...
by Joanne | Feb 20, 2017 | Encouragement
I grew up in Sunday School which means the story of Noah and the ark is a most familiar one. Yet the other morning, there was a newness in the story which stood out on the pages before me. God has Noah build an ark according to very specific instructions, which Noah...
