by Joanne | Jul 3, 2023 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
It only takes one comment, spoken thoughtlessly to get our minds going. We absorb the words deep into our hearts and minds as if it is truth, allowing it to derail us for the entire day. For the entire week. For the entire month. Perhaps longer. We dwell on the...
by Joanne | Jun 30, 2023 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Music. The morning is my favorite time of day as I sit in the quiet and read my devotional book and Scripture, The readings almost...
by Joanne | Jun 26, 2023 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
The weather has been kind of crummy lately – cloudy, drizzly much of the time, thunderstorms and then downpours. It brought to mind another spring when the weather had been similar. I hadn’t been out to garden, or to look at my garden, much due to the weather....
by Joanne | Jun 19, 2023 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
It seems every day we encounter those who are in need of an encouraging word. To be those who can give an encouraging word, we are going to need to be in the source of all encouragement. “The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word...
by Joanne | Jun 12, 2023 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
Lately I have been thinking about balance. The word conjures up several ideas in my head: balance beam balance sheet weights & balance in the balance balancing act They each speak of order or perspective. The dictionary defines “balance†as: â€a state of...
by Joanne | Jun 6, 2023 | Encouragement, Let's Have Coffee
Why read a devotional and Scripture every day, one might ask? The question I often find myself asking is, “How can I even go a day without reading my devotional and Scripture?” God seems to know exactly what I need to read, and of course He does, for He is...
