by Joy Dunlap | Sep 19, 2021 | Encouragement, Lessons along Life's Journey, Strength
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com I tilted to the left and then to the right, unsteady as the wobbly rope ladder bridge beneath me shifted. My arm stretched forward and upward for the next rung as I tried to stay balanced. The wood and rope ladder my dad created...
by Joy Dunlap | Sep 7, 2021 | Encouragement, Lessons along Life's Journey, Strength
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com In reaction to God’s call, a challenge or circumstance in our lives, we often react with a but… I am not. Jeremiah’s self-confidence (or lack of it, I should say), showed in how he answered God’s call to be a prophet. “Alas,...
by Joy Dunlap | Aug 5, 2021 | Encouragement, Hope, Lessons along Life's Journey, Rescue
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com We’ve all experienced attacks – some physical, some mental, some emotional, some spiritual. And some – well, they end up fitting every category. They start in one area and end up affecting us in various ways. Word assaults can...
by Joy Dunlap | Jul 27, 2021 | Encouragement, Growth, Hope, Lessons along Life's Journey
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com The sunflower found its way into my hands in an unexpected way. While admiring dozens of sunflowers and zinnias at a nearby location, I mentioned to the planter how much I enjoyed them. The gardener told me all theirs had been grown...
by Joy Dunlap | May 6, 2021 | Encouragement, Growth, Lessons along Life's Journey, Love, Peace
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com Wherever I looked it seemed as if people had a mother with them. Young children giggled as they held hands with their moms; college-aged daughters and their middle-aged moms talked and shopped together; elderly women shuffled slowly...
by Joy Dunlap | Apr 30, 2021 | Encouragement, Peace
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com I trusted they would be there. The ocean blue as far as I could see. The white-capped waves breaking on the beach. The sun rising above the water as it signaled a new day. It had been well over a year since I had seen the ocean,...
