by Joanne | Mar 3, 2025 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
My husband and I have always said, if there is an easy way to do something, it always ends up being the hard way for us. No matter how we may think it through and plan it out, it usually ends up being harder than we originally had thought. Sure my husband and I became...
by Joanne | Feb 28, 2025 | 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 … Original. Earlier this morning, I read Revelation 21:1-6. There is such hope to be found in these verses as God will one day...
by Joanne | Feb 24, 2025 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
For some time we have been told our stories matter. And they do. They are important. But lately it has been in my thoughts that our stories are important because they are God’s story. Our stories reflect the activity and work of God in our lives. It demonstrates how...
by Joanne | Feb 10, 2025 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
Every house we lived in needed some work. They weren’t fixer-uppers per se, but over the course of time, we knew they would need some changes. We took the changes, one might call updates, little by little. We did them over the years, as money afforded, and time...
by Joanne | Jan 27, 2025 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
“So when they had finished breakfast, Jesus *said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?” He *said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He *said to him, “Tend My lambs.” (John 21:15, NASB) We have a small family as we had one...
by Joanne | Jan 20, 2025 | Encouragement
This morning I found myself thinking about marriage. Kind of weird as my anniversary is not for a few months. Our family has gone through a few transitions the last few months. Perhaps this is why my thoughts wandered a bit. Marriage, as defined by the...
