As I lay in bed one night, another night of sleeplessness, I found my mind rehearsing a speech I so wish I could give. I must confess I have not yet mastered the discipline of throwing off worry and I often become anxious at the way things are in our world. So, I lay there, […]
Author: Joan
Fake Flowers
If you stopped by because you read my devotion today over at Encouragement Cafe, WELCOME! So glad you are here! We have several flower beds around our house and out in our yard. Life has been so busy that I haven’t had time to get out and work in the yard like I would have liked […]
Lessons Learned From Blackberries
If you stopped by because you read my devotion today over at Encouragement Cafe, WELCOME! So glad you are here! I had been fighting the briars for years. Every spring and summer they would appear and I would pull them up. What I couldn’t pull up, I would cut off as close to the root as […]
Alone In A Crowd
If you stopped by because you read my devotion today over at Encouragement Cafe, WELCOME! So glad you are here! Have you ever been in a group of people but still felt all alone? I have many times. Often it was because I was enveloped by deep shadows of depression. Sometimes it was because of the […]
Choose Better
I’ve had many folks asking how my Dad is doing. We appreciate all the inquiries and the continual prayers. Dad’s 4th chemo treatment was the last week of May. Because it was Memorial Day on that Monday, he went 4 days that week and had the last of 5 days of treatment on June 3. […]
Is It Worth It?
I have to admit right up front that I have really struggled writing this. The older I have gotten, the more pain and suffering I see and hear people having to deal with, the more I see how far away from God people get, the more I long for the day I enter into eternity […]
Why?
Dad handled the second round of chemo a little better than the first. During the first round, by the fourth and fifth day, he was very weak and nauseous. The second round didn’t hit him that hard – until the weekend. He has felt weak and not up to doing a whole lot at a […]
Turning Your Back
If you stopped by because you read my devotion today over at Encouragement Cafe, WELCOME! So glad you are here! But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. […]
The Ant
If you stopped by because you read my devotion today over at Encouragement Cafe, WELCOME! So glad you are here! Nothing upsets me any faster than seeing ants inside my house. With all the recent rain we have had, it seems they have decided to come in out of the wet weather. There is nothing to […]
The Chair
The first month of the treatment cycle is almost over. Dad had chemo for 5 days straight. Monday and Tuesday were not too bad, but by Wednesday, each day was progressively worse. By Friday, the nausea, weakness and other side effects were in full force. The weekend and following week were not pleasant. He felt […]