Guaranteed to Succeed in Every Moment

Type “guaranteed success” or  “how to succeed’ into any internet search engine… What do you see? You quickly find that it is something that everybody wants to know. How do we do it? How do we succeed? What’s the magic formula for success? Wouldn’t it be nice to have the secret to success packaged up,  just-add-water [...]

To Live or Not to Live~ Who’s Choice is it?

I’m going to share something that is becoming deeply ingrained in my me. It’s a verse that has  challenged and changed everything by changing and challenging the eyes thru which I view everything. “Today, I lay before you life and death; choose life”. Whether you’re a bible reader or not, you have to admit there are some [...]

BLESSed to be a Blessing

What fun! What fun!! Today was random, sporadic  sowing day. Lunch on Jo! All around! Love it, love it. I don’t think the every day ride gets any funner  than this! I initially set out to buy the tea of the two dear ladies sitting across from me it my favorite litte get away spot,  [...]

Do Bad Habits turn Daily Devotionals into No-Do-Votionals

Self- Discipline ,  Self- Control, or the absence thereof… Are they turning  the time you spend in  daily devotions and time with God into a power struggle? Does having to break bad habits, replacing them with good habits,  seem like an unending battle to you? Well, for this gal… you bet. I seem to have [...]

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, [...]