If you stopped by because you read my devotion today (August 25, 2016) over at Encouragement Cafe, WELCOME! So glad you are here! “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.” […]
Author: Joan
Just Like Her Daddy
If you stopped by because you read my devotion today (June 20, 2016) over at Encouragement Cafe, WELCOME! So glad you are here! Who Do You Resemble? “He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The […]
Frilly Dresses
If you stopped by because you read my devotion today (May 31, 2016) over at Encouragement Cafe, WELCOME! So glad you are here! Life Of A Princess I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate […]
Our Dwelling Place
We had a tree to fall on our house last Friday. Just saying that sentence still causes my heart to race. We are filled with so many different emotions. We are thankful we were not at home when the tree fell. We are thankful that, despite the damage and possibly having to move out temporarily […]
Saying It Right
Do you have specific memories that have stayed with you of a specific person so that when you hear that person’s name, that one memory comes to mind? I have a neighbor who recently passed away. Her name was Mrs. Mary Jane Chestnut. She was an elementary school teacher and I had her for math. […]
Expectantly Waiting
If you stopped by because you read my devotion today (May 4, 2016) over at Encouragement Cafe, WELCOME! So glad you are here! Endure The Waiting This verse in Jeremiah 29:11 is one many people, including myself, have claimed as a promise from God. We hold onto that promise to get us through whatever situation in […]
The End Of The Rainbow
If you stopped by because you read my devotion today (April 18, 2016) over at Encouragement Cafe, WELCOME! So glad you are here! After The Storm “Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will […]
Love Is The Reason
If you stopped by because you read my devotion today (April 1, 2016) over at Encouragement Cafe, WELCOME! So glad you are here! Experience The Love I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, […]
Who Has Time To Rest?
“Getting Away From It All” And He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a while.” (For there were many people coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.) They went away in the boat to a secluded place by themselves.” Mark 6:31-32 (NASB) Do you ever wish you could […]
That’s Life!
God Sees Our Brokenness He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by name. Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite. Psalm 147:3-5 NKJV One day when my daughter was younger, we were discussing some disappointments we had. Those things were not […]