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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.

• Have you named and claimed the pain stealing your joy?

  By joannsblog2016 on July 5, 2018 • ( 2 )

  As I stood up, I could feel blood streaming down my face.  I was 5 and had been standing behind an aluminum horse swing.  I had just been told not to stand near the swing and like a typical kid,… Read More ›

• The voice of those with no freedom of speech

  By joannsblog2016 on July 2, 2018 • ( 0 )

  “You formed my inmost being; You knit me in my mother’s womb.”  Psalm 139:13 As we approach the day of our independence and celebrate our freedom, I wanted to ask you to be the voice of those who have no… Read More ›

• Are the small sins devouring you?

  By joannsblog2016 on June 30, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  “Confession is like a bridle that keeps the soul which reflects on it from committing sin, but anything left unconfessed we continue to do without fear as if in the dark.” –Saint John Climacus I have been observing this momma… Read More ›

• Has God placed a friend or a community in your life?

  By joannsblog2016 on June 28, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  “God sends us friends to be our firm support in the whirlpool of struggle.  In the company of friends we will find strength to attain our sublime ideal.”  St. Maximilian Kolbe Do you have that one true friend that would… Read More ›

• How do you view God?

  By joannsblog2016 on June 21, 2018 • ( 0 )

  “He will shelter you with his pinions, and under his wings you may take refuge; his faithfulness is a protecting shield.” Psalm 91:4 How do you view God?  Is He a loving and compassionate God?  Or a tyrant with boundaries? … Read More ›

• Are you seeking spiritual freedom?

  By joannsblog2016 on June 19, 2018 • ( 0 )

  Have you been exploring your spiritual journey internally? Uncovering roots of the disorders in your external self? When I began my spiritual journey, like most, I was seeking God to help me with things in my life that were on… Read More ›

• Is the seed in you being nourished?

  By joannsblog2016 on June 17, 2018 • ( 0 )

  “This is how it is with the kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land and would sleep and rise night and day and through it all the seed would sprout and… Read More ›

• Thy will or I will, which is your response?

  By joannsblog2016 on June 15, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  “Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.” Luke 1:38 Reread the verse above and focus on the second sentence of Mary’s… Read More ›

• Is your life a game of Twister?

  By joannsblog2016 on June 11, 2018 • ( 4 )

  

  “My son, if you receive my words and treasure my commands, turning your ear to wisdom, inclining your heart to understanding; Yes, if you call for intelligence, and to understanding raise your voice; If you seek her like silver, and… Read More ›

• Where do you encounter God?

  By joannsblog2016 on June 9, 2018 • ( 0 )

  Where do you encounter God?  Do you just encounter Him in your prayer time?  Or do you see Him in everything around you? Do you see Him in the strength of the rocks, the sturdiness and height of a pine… Read More ›