by Joanne | May 27, 2024 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
Decisions have never come easily to me. I tend to process slowly and deeply, which has its pros and cons. Once made, a single decision can change the entire direction of one’s life. So we want to make the right choices and feel confident the outcome will be good. We...
by Joanne | May 20, 2024 | Encouragement
There are days in life we hear of situations which seem to be hopeless. We may not know that this is necessarily the truth. Yet due to appearances we believe it may just very well be true. The disciples are walking on the road to the village of Emmaus. As they walk,...
by Joanne | May 13, 2024 | Encouragement
Being a person who is unable to watch anything tense or scary, when alone at night I tend to flip to HGTV and watch a few shows. The ending is always good: Perspective buyers always buy their dream home in thirty minutes. Seriously, it took us over a year when looking...
by Joanne | May 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
In the Gospels, we find stories of real people facing everyday situations. They react much the way we do which is why these stories so resonate with us, no matter how many times we have read them. For several days, I have had the story of the feeding of the five...
by Joanne | Apr 29, 2024 | Encouragement
We find in Scripture the story of the pool of Bethesda. The sick would come, sit there, and wait for the waters to stir. The one who was able to get in the waters would receive healing from whatever was ailing them. An ill man was there one day. Jesus knew from his...
