by Joanne | Mar 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Carry. The images stay in my mind – parents carrying little ones, and people carrying the injured. Ukraine. The country is in...
by Joanne | Feb 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
It’s such a familiar verse and yet, as it sits spread out before me, its familiarity falls like a blanket on my heart. It brings comfort and peace. “Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’ (Jeremiah...
by Joanne | Feb 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
This past week my quiet times brought some old songs to mind. It’s interesting how songs and lyrics stay in the quiet halls of our memories … ~*~*~ In 2 Corinthians 12:6-10 we read about Paul’s thorn in the flesh. Scripture doesn’t tell us what...
by Joanne | Jan 31, 2022 | Uncategorized
“Pray without ceasing.†(1 Thessalonians 5:17, NASB) Prayer has remained a mystery down through the ages. It can simply be explained as “talking to God†and yet so many questions remain. Some prayers are answered quickly, and others, seem to take longer than...
by Joanne | Jan 23, 2022 | Quotes & Thoughts
“In the morning, O Lord, You will hear my voice; In the morning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly watch.” (Psalm 5:3, NASB) “Most of the Psalms were written during difficult, often painful, experiences … Prayer is not always a quiet,...