by Joanne | Sep 10, 2024 | Let's Have Coffee
Several things converged at the same time making a few days seem overwhelming. None of them were big in and of themself, but all at once they seemed larger than they were and caused loss of sleep. And then the question comes in the middle of the night: “Will you...
by Joanne | Sep 9, 2024 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
Stories. We love to hear them and more so, we love to tell them. Stories unfold in the books we read, the movies we watch, and in life around us. They are important as they help to form our opinions and the decisions we come to make. When our lives have been...
by Joanne | Sep 3, 2024 | Let's Have Coffee
Let’s return to Jonah for one more week … After the fish spits Jonah out, God speaks to Jonah a second time to go to Nineveh. This time Jonah is obedient and their response is repentance. Jonah finds himself mad for they have now avoided calamity coming...
by Joanne | Sep 2, 2024 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
The verse is open before me and it could have been a neon sign rather instead of printed words. “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.” (Psalm 51:17, NASB) Life isn’t always easy. Perhaps it’s never...
by Joanne | Aug 31, 2024 | Quotes & Thoughts
“God spoke further to Moses and said to him, “I am the Lord; and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name, Lord, I did not make Myself known to them.” (Exodus 6:2-3, NASB) “As God walked with His people through the...