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I enjoy learning about my faith and spending time in prayer in nature, in the chapel or in my prayer chair. Many years ago, my journey began when I was re-awakened in my faith when I asked God what my purpose was. He answered by setting me on fire and I have been journeying with Him since.

• Truest friend – as iron sharpens iron

  By joannsblog2016 on February 11, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Iron is sharpened by iron. One person sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17 Do you have that one friend, one family member that speaks truth into you?  That one person you can trust to be honest with you about both the good… Read More ›

• Being vulnerable – God’s love and grace

  By joannsblog2016 on February 9, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will.  All I have and call my own.  You have given all to me.  To you, Lord, I return it.  Everything is yours; do with it… Read More ›

• An invitation to waste time

  By joannsblog2016 on February 2, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  “Because you are precious in my eyes and honored, and I love you” Isaiah 43:4 Can you name the invitations you have received lately? Perhaps you were invited for a birthday, an anniversary, a wedding or a graduation? What about… Read More ›

• Reconciliation Face Down

  By joannsblog2016 on January 19, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  “All grace flows from mercy, and the last hour abounds with mercy for us.  Let no one doubt concerning the goodness of God; even if a person’s sins were as dark as night, God’s mercy is stronger than our misery. … Read More ›

• A place to run to

  By joannsblog2016 on January 12, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Do not let the past disturb you. Just leave everything in the Sacred Heart and begin again with joy. St Teresa if Calcutta Are you exhausted and burdened and need to find an oasis of rest? Are you in a… Read More ›

• Created to LOVE and be LOVED

  By joannsblog2016 on January 9, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  “God has created us to love and to be loved, and this is the beginning of prayer-to know that He loves me, that I have been created for greater things.” St. Teresa of Calcutta LOVE…. A word that I often… Read More ›

• The first Adorations of our Lord

  By joannsblog2016 on January 5, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  “In the Mass and in the Eucharistic Adoration we meet the merciful love of God that passes through the heart of Jesus Christ.” Pope John Paul II Today’s reading is a biblical story we have heard many times and is… Read More ›

• Gifts bearing fruit for your journey

  By joannsblog2016 on December 29, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  “We desire to be able to welcome Jesus at Christmas-time, not in a cold manger of our heart, but in a heart full of love and humility, in a heart so pure, so immaculate, so warm with love for one… Read More ›

• Have you built a house for Jesus to dwell in this Advent?

  By joannsblog2016 on December 24, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Should you build me a house to dwell in?  2 Samuel 7:5 WOW!  Today is Christmas Eve.  This season of preparation has gone by quickly.  I think our question to ourselves today is have we built a house for Jesus… Read More ›

• Are we ready?

  By joannsblog2016 on December 23, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me.  And the Lord whom you seek will come suddenly to his temple.  Malachi 3:1 Excitement fills the air as Christmas approaches.  In a short few days we rejoice and… Read More ›