by Joanne | Mar 11, 2024 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
Comparison. We know it is a killer. Once it gets its roots into our hearts and minds, it breeds nothing good or beneficial. We cannot please everyone. Some days it will feel like we cannot please anyone. And in choosing to live according to God’s Word and principles,...
by Joanne | Mar 4, 2024 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
They say “a woman’s work is never done.” But I am not sure anyone’s work is ever done. We catch up on laundry, only to have to do it all over again in a few days. We go food shopping but will surely need to go again next week toting our list. We pay bills and yet, the...
by Joanne | Feb 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
“I just cannot take another thing happening. Too much going on at once.” Those were the words I heard from the other end of the phone. There are surely days we all have felt the very same way. We stuff our emotions down until the tears behind our eyes are like a...
by Joanne | Feb 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
“God makes a home for the lonely.” (Psalm 68:6, NASB) “God sets the lonely in families, he leads forth the prisoners with singing.”( Psalm 68:6, NIV) Lonely. One can feel lonely in the middle of a crowd. It can be at a party. At church. At the mall. At home. Lonely...
by Joanne | Feb 12, 2024 | Encouragement
In the early morning light, I read these familiar words … “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.” (Lamentations 3:22, NIV) The words fell a bit differently on my soul. I had always taken the verse to mean the Lord’s...
