Jill Noble

(1 minute, 12 seconds) One day last October, I realized I was tired. Not the “I need more sleep” kind of tired, but rather the sort where I was bearing an everyday burden of fatigue that wasn’t shaking. In December, when a random sickness going around stuck to me like…

(51 seconds) “Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!” Psalm 115:1 John the Baptist’s life purpose, his sole mission, was to point his generation to the Messiah. (John chapter 1). When the crowds…

These tents called bodies weren’t meant to last forever. Broken hearts, busted-up bodies, damaged cells, and fading minds remind some of us daily of our mortality. On this rutted road, we look to God together as followers of Jesus. We share and listen to one another about the torn fabric…

(A Short Story With a Tasty Ending)(1 minute, 3 seconds) Once upon a time, there was a rooster named Sleepy. Now, I have heard honest reports of gentle and friendly roosters. Sleepy, however, was the other kind of rooster; the kind that strutted about his domain, thinking it really was…

(2 minutes, 50 seconds) On January 12, 2010, a massive earthquake struck Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. The mountains trembled and the earth gave way destroying buildings, separating families, and ruining livelihoods in this already impoverished country. When the earth began to shake that fateful afternoon, terrified…

(1 minute, 40 seconds) God, in ongoing kindness, invites us to know Him through His Word and His creation. The Bible is filled with descriptions of God and loaded with truths about who He is, what He’s like, and His heart for us. Like a young child looking up into…

(2 minutes) Unlike some people, my mind isn’t full of vivid memories from my childhood years. However, I recall in brilliant detail my Christmas gift from 1973 and using it for the first time. I took my “doctor bag” that I had just received, complete with a plastic stethoscope and…

Washing, Watching, and Waiting(1 minute, 31 seconds) We had company for the weekend, and this morning I’m washing sheets and re-preparing our guest room. Our next overnight company isn’t scheduled for another few weeks, but I like to be prepared. I have been known to spontaneously ask a new and…

Come Thou Long Expected Jesus – Sara GrovesO How We’ve Longed – Jonathan and Emily MartinOnce Upon – Sovereign Grace MusicBorn On That Day – Matt MaherO Come, All You Unfaithful – Sovereign Grace MusicLight Of The World – Lauren DaigleHope Of The Ages – Sovereign Grace MusicEmmanuel God With…

(2 minutes 29 seconds)November 22, 2023 Tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day, we will break a 20-year-long tradition. Established many years ago, our family’s particular custom of giving thanks holds the sweetest of places in my holiday memories. Since our children were very young, after turkey and mashed potatoes but before, always before…