by Joanne | May 7, 2020 | Encouragement
“As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me...
by Joanne | Apr 17, 2020 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. The prompt this week is … Another. It’s been a hard week for so many reasons and people. Hearing the news, whether from reporters, friends, family, or co-workers...
by Joanne | Mar 30, 2020 | Encouragement
The first day of spring was last week. The time of year when everything planted comes back to life. Nothing remains dormant. A quick walk around the house recently and I noticed the trees were budding.To my surprise, there was new growth beginning on some of the...
by Joanne | Feb 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Growing up in Sunday School, the story of Noah and the ark became a familiar one early on. God has Noah build an ark according to very specific instructions, which Noah carefully follows down to every detail. Upon completion, God then instructs Noah to gather his...
by Joanne | Dec 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
We’re in the third week of the study, True Light for Everyone … ~*~*~ We began with reading Isaiah 9:1-7. The people were living in a time of political uncertainty and moral decline. Sound familiar? Not very different from our culture in today’s...
