by Joanne | Jan 13, 2025 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
We don’t like to wait for a lengthy amount of time. Long lines, and long rides, can cause the best of us to become impatient. Just spend time with a toddler and you will quickly agree. “Why can’t these people move?” “How long do we need to stand here?” “Are we...
by Joanne | Mar 26, 2024 | Let's Have Coffee, Uncategorized
I didn’t grow up in a denomination which recognized or practiced the season of Lent. Only in my adult life, did I decide it was something I wanted to observe. It’s been several years in which I gave up something for the Lenten season, often wanting it to...
by Joanne | Feb 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Waste. Interesting word prompt. The dictionary provides some food for thought as I perused the definitions: “to fail or neglect...
by Joanne | Jan 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
My children are all grown and with children of their own. Yet I cannot forget the feeling which overcame me each time I gave birth as I held each of them. It was a most overwhelming emotion. As I sat in the stillness of my hospital room during the midnight hours, I...
by Joanne | Jan 7, 2023 | Quotes & Thoughts
“Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil.” (Ephesians 5:15-16, NASB) “The man whose today is like his yesterday lacks a sense of God’s timings. No servant of the...
