I read a wonderful story today about how we create our own prisons by thinking things are our own. By not ‘giving our gardens to God’. Years ago I created a beautiful yard known to neighbors as ‘Joanna’s garden of Eden’. After a marriage and a job came to an end I had to let the Read more…
Wait
This is a time of waiting. So NOT what I wanted to be doing. Led here by the winding path of hope and heartache, along the journey expecting answers. Restless, ready for change. Instead it’s hot and sticky, another holding pen of God. Training ground of patience and perseverance. Letting go. I don’t like waiting Read more…
Great Adventure
How we choose to see the experience before us changes everything. You get to CHOOSE. Ending or beginning. Sorrow or joy. Trial or adventure. Which direction are you looking? Forward or back? Be done focusing on defeat. Choose to look UP. Open your heart. Trust. ‘God has a Plan. A Plan to prosper you and Read more…
LAY IT ALL DOWN
Sometimes we carry what is not ours to carry: burdens, unforgiveness, people, debts, conversations, histories, responsibilities. You name it, we pick it up and take it with us thinking it’s our job to do so. What if relief, release, FREEDOM, were as simple as laying it all down, but more importantly, never picking it up Read more…