by Joanne | Jan 29, 2024 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
We all love to be the person who comes alongside of the one needing help. We can lend an ear and listen, maybe provide an answer, solution, or encouragement. We can prepare a meal and bring it over. Send a surprise to be delivered. A simple phone call, hearing a...
by Joanne | Jan 23, 2024 | Let's Have Coffee, Uncategorized
History – we cannot erase it. It is important to know it, look back at it, remember it, and learn from it. We need to let history change us into the people God has always meant for us to be. The past surely shapes where we are today, and where we will go. It...
by Joanne | Jan 23, 2024 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
What a week of wild weather everywhere – from nor’easters to tornados, to flooding rains – no matter where you live, something was impacting the area. Our God is in control of it all – the wind and the rains. A recent read of Psalm 100, in...
by Joanne | Jan 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
The world is a noisy place and as we turned the calendar to a new year, it became clear it was about to get even noisier. The news can be found 24/7 on many channels, social media is constant, and the internet is full of information. All of it seems to clamor for our...
by Joanne | Jan 19, 2024 | 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 … Say. What can I say? It’s been a long season, a longer than usual stretch of time. It’s been a challenging time, with ups...
by Joanne | Jan 16, 2024 | Let's Have Coffee, Uncategorized
“Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord our Makers. For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand.” (Psalm 95:6-7a,NASB) The heading in my Bible calls this “A Call to Worship.” We...
