I don’t usually post on Tuesday, but I felt led to share an article I wrote for Charis Woman Magazine last November. I have several friends who are going through some trying times right now and I know it seems like it will never end. Enduring these times can really challenge your faith. I haveContinue reading “ENDURANCE”
Category Archives: About Joyce
More Than Enough
Genesis 15:5-6 “Look up at the sky and count the stars(L)—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring[d] be.”(M)6 Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness. This is God’s astonishing promise to Abram and Abram actually believed it. That’s the astonishing part to me……he believed, andContinue reading “More Than Enough”
Given the Choice
Genesis 13:14 The Lord said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, “Look around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west.(AG)15 All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring[a] forever. Abram and Lot were both so prosperous that the land became too small for them,Continue reading “Given the Choice”
Criticism or Compassion
Genesis 9:14. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. 22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked(AD) and told his two brothers outside.Continue reading “Criticism or Compassion”
Shut in or Shut out
Genesis 7:16b – The Lord shut him in.” Noah had done everything the Lord commanded and now his family and all the animals were safe in the ark. “Then the Lord shut him in.” God didn’t shut Noah out, He shut him in to keep him safe. Shut in on an ark with his familyContinue reading “Shut in or Shut out”
Blessing or Curse
Genesis 4 Why is your face downcast? 7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.” Cain and Abel both had a choice in their offering to God. AbelContinue reading “Blessing or Curse”
Join the Journey
My name is Joyce and Jesus loves me. At 78 years old, I’m still falling more in love with Jesus every day. What began at 7 years of age with the support of my Catholic father and Nazarene mother, was a journey of faith that would take me through a blended upbringing, Christian college, marryingContinue reading “Join the Journey”
