Happy Easter! He is Risen! Everyone Rejoice! I hope this day finds you and yours happy and together! He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! Joy Aletheia Stevens
The Strength in Sweetness – Mandy Kelly – A Tribute
Mandy Kelly – A Tribute The Blogging world is in many ways its own community, and as in any community and you have people who influence you and who you admire. In my little corner of the web Mandy Kelly was a face I recognized quite often in my feed. She was in my sphere, […]
Thirteen Months of Welcome Grief
His arm reached around me and pulled me close, as if He was trying to pull all my frazzled parts together and center me in my grief. My heart was aching as I felt his lips press behind my ear. Tears made their way down my cheeks. The first waves of grief rolled over me. […]
Merry Christmas!
A Christmas Blessing A Poem By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ Just a note to say: Merry Christmas, to you today! And I hope your day is full up of Hope and Joy, Peace and Love. ~ Let Christ’s Peace surround your life, Keep you free from grief, and strife, Hold your heart inside His […]
The Last Day of Advent: Christmas Eve
It’s the moment. That moment of beautiful anticipation. Tomorrow is Christmas! Our Advent Season is coming to completion. It’s a sacred moment, a quiet moment, a hold your breath kind of moment, because even the whisper of breath disturbers the stillness. It is time for Christ’s Candle. the people living in darkness have seen a […]
The Fourth Sunday of Advent: Love
The Magi came to give gifts to the New Born King, and their gifts were a reflection of the gifts the King would BE to his people. They gave Him gold because He would be King. Reigning to bring justice and peace to a broken world. They gave Him Frankincense, an incense used to burn in […]
The Third Sunday of Advent: Joy
It was a quiet night, the night Joy entered the world. Can you imagine being the shepherds who heard the message? But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great JOY for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been […]
The Second Sunday of Advent: Peace
Can you imagine being Mary? A young unmarried girl suddenly found to be pregnant in a day when such a thing demanded stoning, and yet she was not afraid. Why not? What was it about Mary that gave her such peace in a situation where most would be, at the very best, afraid, and at […]
The First Sunday of Advent: Hope
What is Christmas to you? What does it mean? Does it mean Hope and Peace and Joy and Faith? Peace on Earth, Goodwill towards Men? Is it about Santa and Presents and the Smiling Faces of Children? The candles for the four Sundays of Advent vary in meaning and tradition, but nearly universally the first […]
Happy Thanksgiving!
On this Thanksgiving Day I count so many blessings in my life. One of those blessings that I am counting is you, my dear readers. Thank you for coming on this journey with me. Thank you for reading my words and for sharing your lives. I hope this day finds you and yours with […]
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