Joyful Refuge

  • Gluten Free Almond Danish Puff Pastry

    Gluten Free Almond Danish Puff Pastry

    I always enjoyed the Danish Puff Pastry my mom when I was a girl as well as when I made it myself for many years after I married. Once my health tanked in November 2009, I suddenly developed severe gluten intolerance and many food and chemical sensitivities so I no longer made it. Last week,…

  • Hope

    We all need hope. Hope keeps us going and anticipating a future of good. So where do we place our hope? What is the source of hope? Lamentations 3:21-24 tells us our hope is based on God’s unceasing steadfast love and His endless mercies as well as recognizing our portion or inheritance is the LORD…

  • Created for Good Works

    I saw this the other day. Pastor Jim Penner says: ‘I’ve talked with and prayed for many who are dealing with physical issues… disease, diabetes, cancers, struggles with weight, muscular and autoimmune disease. The limitations the human family deals with on a daily basis are endless. Yet Ephesians 2:10 says, “You are His workmanship, created…

  • Morning Motivation

    Some days begin with my feeling more tired and in greater pain than when I went to bed. Pain has either completely stolen my sleep or made it broken or disrupted. Those are the days I need extra motivation to get up and going. If my schedule allows, and really in need of sleep will…

  • God’s Kind Provision for Painsomnia

    Praise!!! A few days ago God did something cool. I bought a $3.00 plus $3.00 shipping and handling small needlepoint canvas off EBay. The seller messaged me that she has two others she wants to find a good home for and asked me if I would like to have them. She then said she is…

  • Bomb Cyclone

    This week in Colorado we experienced a weather phenomenon called a Bomb Cyclone. For me it was mostly a pain bomb. Here is a description on a bomb cyclone. https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/bombogenesis.html And here is a CNN report on it: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/03/13/us/winter-storm-blizzard-wednesday-wxc/index.html I have chronic pain from Mast Cell Activation and a connective tissue disorder called Elhers Danlos.…

  • The Refiner’s Fire

    I believe in seasons of high pain, shattered dreams or disappointments it is so easy to think of all you want, desire and dream more than our all sufficient, all powerful, faithful, sovereign, good and wise God. So thankful that His grace and forgiveness are limitless and no matter how many times I sin or…

  • Treasures in the Dark

    “When you meet Jesus face-to-face, your hardships will have given you a taste of what He went through to purchase the promise of your resurrection. And your loyalty to Him in your sufferings will give you something concrete to offer in return. For what other proof could you bring of your love if this life…

  • A Martha becoming a Mary

    38 Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching. 40 But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him…

  • The Master Weaver

    I have recently taken up needlepoint again and began reflecting on how it looks on the back side versus the front. As I pondered, it brought back to memory the poem The Master Weaver of unknown (and as I was researching today, of conflicting origin) that was made famous by Corrie Ten Boom author of…

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