by Joanne | Nov 8, 2017 | Devoted Living
“Whatever happens, my dear brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord.” (Philippians 3:1, NLT) In the early morning light, it was the one sentence that stood out from the entire passage. The author, Paul, continually reminds us to delight ourselves in the...
by Joanne | Oct 24, 2017 | Devoted Living
We sit chatting, she and I, about ancestry. She shares how the TV commercials, for discovering your background and DNA, drive her crazy. She makes the statement, “All our roots go back to the beginning.” A few days later, hubby and I make a stop to Home...
by Joanne | Oct 1, 2017 | Devoted Living
“Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.” (Ephesians 3:20, NLT) “So many people I meet want to know their future. In view of their suffering,...
by Joanne | Sep 24, 2017 | Devoted Living
“The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.” (Psalm 51:17, NASB) “Call” is a word often reserved for great and lofty aspirations. The words describing the experience of God’s...
by Joanne | Sep 17, 2017 | Devoted Living
“For they all out of their surplus put into the offering; but she out of her poverty put in all that she had.” (Luke 21:4) Although I did not understand the words of her song, I understood the words of her heart. God used that moment to reveal to me what...
by Joanne | Sep 14, 2017 | Devoted Living
One generation can think so differently from the next. As the years pass, the desire to converse and learn from my own parents has been on the increase as I come to recognize there is a wisdom waiting to be gleaned. Combine wisdom with godliness and what is truly...
