by Jodie Barrett | Nov 28, 2016 | celebrations, Christmas, encouarage, featured, focus, Jesus birth, jingle and joy, living for Christ, Uncategorized
We rush. We fuss. We make haste. We waste. We play tug of war in our hearts when we seek to balance all the jingle and joy of Christmas. Jingle bells! Joy to the world! Christmas and Christ. Since I was a little girl the magic of Christmas had been held in the...
by Jodie Barrett | Sep 19, 2016 | contentment, difficult circumstances, encouarage, featured, focus, Uncategorized
The sun was shining and the dark clouds were forming. The sky looked at odds and off I went to walk the dog. Surely I can get this walk in before any rain falls. And then it hit me. Not the raindrops. The proverbial thought of the day. When we see darkness looming we...
by Jodie Barrett | Dec 11, 2015 | Christmas, encouarage, encouragement, featured, Friends of Jesus, friendship, joy, living for Christ, Uncategorized
This is our final post in our series “Gifts of Friendship”! It’s been a joy to share gift ideas that can be freely given or given with little expense that share the love of Christ with our friends. We are so thankful to Karen Kingsbury and the...
by Jodie Barrett | Dec 4, 2015 | burdens, Christmas, difficult circumstances, encouarage, encouragement, featured, Friends of Jesus, friendship, joy, living for Christ, Uncategorized
Every Friday from now until Christmas we will share one gift that can be given freely without a purchase and one that you can purchase. It’s all part of our Gifts of Friendship series inspired by studying The Friends of Jesus by Karen Kingsbury. Each gift we share...
by Jodie Barrett | Feb 12, 2015 | difficult circumstances, encouarage, featured, strength, Suzie Eller, Uncategorized
Today we are linking with Suzie Eller and sharing time telling our story! Please visit Suzie’s sweet site and be encouraged by the many beautiful women sharing their story. My story…. It’s just too long to hit all the keys with an aching arm. But...
by Jodie Barrett | Jan 30, 2015 | contentment, difficult circumstances, disciples, encouarage, Faith, featured, God's prompting, living for Christ, serving others, testimony, Uncategorized, Winter Session 2015
1 Timothy 1:5 (TLB) “What I am eager for is that all the Christians there will be filled with love that comes from pure hearts, and that their minds will be clean and their faith strong.” They pray. Lord, may we be your instrument of salvation. They...
