by joanborton | Aug 10, 2024 | Family, Hope, Instructions for Life, Lessons Learned, Marriage
When I finished my devotions, I noticed something didn’t feel right. I jumped up, found my husband, and blurted out, “I’ve finally become a Borton woman!” At some point in our twenty-eight plus years of marriage, he mentioned there is a history of Borton women losing...
by joanborton | May 30, 2022 | Hope, Instructions for Life
“When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities, you did not build, houses filled with all kinds of things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and...
by joanborton | Dec 12, 2021 | God's love, Hope
I love Christmas decorations, especially seeing the ones other people put up outside their homes. Every year, Mom and I would drive around neighborhoods to see the lights. Some were simple and striking. Others are seemingly over the top (at least in our minds) and...
by joanborton | Aug 17, 2021 | Bible, Caregiving, Hope, Instructions for Life
Someone once asked me to choose five verses that give me encouragement as a caregiver. That is nearly an impossible task with so many to pick from. Given the season of life I am in, they may be different today than last year. But today, here, and now, these are my top...
by JemB | Dec 6, 2019 | God's love, Hope, Instructions for Life, Lessons Learned, Ministry
God does not waste anything. While those exact words may not be found in the Bible, the concept is there. Over the last few months God has proven this in my life. I had the usual childhood answers to “what do you want to do when you grow up?” Nurse, teacher, etc. As I...
by JemB | Sep 23, 2019 | Disability, Family, Hope, Instructions for Life, Lessons Learned, Marriage, Marriage Monday, Ponderings
In the fall of 2017 I put up a post entitled Driving Mr Jerry. Almost two years to the day, we just our van back after a week in the shop, and Jerry is now in week two using his old chair, while wait for repair on his typical chair. I needed to be reminded of the...
