Christmas Presence & Christmas Presents~ Let’s see you top this one Santa!

Being a single mom on a lower income, I had become accustom to receiving a Christmas grocery hamper every year to help us squeak thru December with all its extra festive frills.     But it had been growing strong in my heart that I needed to take a stand against that mediocrity monster and [...]

But really God… I can fix this one.. Trust me..

I ran into my victim a day or two back. You know, the poor soul who’s life and esteem I ripped from stem to stern with my  ”dominating attitude”. Dominating? Hmmm, maybe stubborn is the word… no, no, that’s not it either…. How about unsubmitted, disobedient, selfish, uncrucified not-quit-dead-yet flesh… Ya, I hurt someone  deeply because I [...]

BLESS and Budgets

Ok, here it is.   The grunts and gears of it. The rubber is finally meeting the road. You have been peeking into Jo’s world, watching me   deal with a dodged  confrontation, and not bite some heads off… But this is what you are all wondering, I know… How does the BLESS keys really stand up [...]

Irene’s Day

I opened the little card. It was addressed  “Joanne Smith, c/o Neepawa Furniture Centre”. With the words  “PRIVATE!  Confidential!!” written in large shaky handwriting across the front. It was a little THANK-YOU card. It had come from Irene, and it was an answer to prayer. Her husband, Thomas, had died a month ago,  and I [...]

So what do you do, REALLY??

When a dear ole’ friend, hasn’t called in ages doesn’t reply to your emails doesn’t accept you invitation to join  your FACEBOOK FAN PAGE doesn’t acknowledge your FB posts and chats But… keeps sending random, generic forwards that say, “wanna make a crazy, ridiculous amount of money in some ridiculous, crazy online gimmick???  Well then, [...]

Mending Bridges and Kindling Friendships

Today seems to be turning into visiting day. So far (and its only nicely 2pm) I have been able to reconnect with 4 people who have been burning a hole in  my mind. One of which was one of those conversations I had been avoiding, simply because it was going to be hurtful news, and [...]

Wonderful Wednesday

It had come up in my heart to work thru the May I BLESS You keys again. Does that surprise you? If you are familiar with the BLESS Keys, you know that it is something that is always perpetuating, always growing. It is something I never want to get comfortable in and certainly never stop [...]