by Joanne | Oct 10, 2016 | Encouragement
The cover sits before me, the title drawing me in and yet it is months before Christmas. It’s the subtitle – The Weight Of Waiting – that keeps nagging at my heart. Each morning I pour my coffee and read one devotional in the early morning stillness....
by Joanne | Sep 14, 2016 | Encouragement
I am not sure how well (meaning with excellence) each of you wait but waiting well (with excellence) doesn’t come easily to me. I’m able to wait, and patiently at that, for a time and then I want to move things along. Impatience can set in. Please tell me...
by Joanne | Sep 8, 2016 | Encouragement
Ever notice how we always wait till we run out of strength, resources, options, or ideas to turn to God? He noticed this tendency in His people and addressed it saying: “Then I’ll go back to where I came from until they come to their senses. When they finally hit...
by Joanne | Jun 4, 2016 | Encouragement
The question was posed to the group of us, “What promises of God are you standing on in prayer?” She asked because there were several who were discouraged. They had been praying the same prayer for the same need for a length of time. The psalmist knew what...
by Joanne | Jan 25, 2016 | Prayer
Recently Jocelyn took sick and so we did not see her for three days. It was only over the weekend, yet when she returned, she seemed like she had grown taller. Bigger. She talked more too 🙂 Seeing the growth in her made me realize that growth happens often sight...