“Even youths will become exhausted, and young men will give up. But those who wait on the Lord will find new strength. They will fly high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.” Isaiah 40:30-31

Here is a fun game to use as a conversation starter at your next Bible Study or small group meeting, friends: go around the circle ...read more >>

“A garden is a lovely thing
That must be spaded in the spring
Weeded when the summer’s searing
Mulched in Fall when Winter’s nearing.
Of all the seasons do you wonder
I like it best when it’s snowed under?”

Glen Lorang (writer) ...read more >>

Gardener’s Almanac

November 9, 2008

Clocks are turned back, and I am getting used to the change in light in the morning and late afternoon. Doesn’t it get dark early? Sunrise is now at 6:54 am, and sunset is 4:50 pm. The moon is waxing, but we haven’t seen too much of it here the last few days as it has been raining. Blizzard warnings are out for the ...read more >>

For the week of:      
November 16-22  2008

Fresh Bread

Sun: Isaiah 40:28-31
Mon: John 14:27
Tues: Isaiah 64:1-4
Weds: Jeremiah 17:7-8
Thurs: Isaiah 30:20-21
Fri: Proverbs 1:33
Sat: Psalm 1

Questions or comments?  Prayer requests?
Email me at

joan@restandbethankful.org  


The Overcomer
It is no small thing, Father,
to awaken with the dawn
with out fear or dread.

It is no small thing, Lord
to awaken with the dawn,
my heart singing with the birds,
giving you thanks for
another day of life.

It is no small thing to say with faith
“I know my Redeemer lives!”
“I know he is for me, not against me!”
It is no small thing to be able to say
“I am a friend of God”.

It is no small thing, Father.
So I give you
great thanks,
great praise,
and offer not a little,
but all of me today.

I am your servant,
I am listening,
and I am ready to
be your hands
and feet.
Amen.

from, A Quiet Heart: Listening to God, By Joan E. Tyvoll


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Also for sale are Joan’s new Children’s books. One Fine Fall Day; Sam’s House Book; Sam and the Windy Day and Christmas Pudding are all about the adventures of Sam Mouse who lives on Norwegian Ridge with his meadow and forest friends.

Watch for more books by Joan about the fairy folk, trolls and elves who also live on Norwegian Ridge! Coming soon!