Jill Noble

6-24-222 minutes, 28 seconds I like games. Card games, board games, and backyard games all appeal to me. My very favorite is word games. You know, the kind where you scramble letters around to make words (Scrabble), arrange words to make sentences (You’ve Been Sentenced), and craft sentences to persuade…

(2 minutes, 49 seconds) One of my older clients shared with me recently that in all of her life her only physical pain has been a couple of headaches. Those few episodes she said, were relieved with a mere aspirin. Truly I am glad for her, but in all my…

(2 minutes, 55 seconds) “Tighten your tennies, kiddos! It’s going to be a fun summer!” It was a memorable summer the year Team Noble, our family racing team, began. It all started with purchasing six white t-shirts in each of our sizes and a broad array of bright puffy-paint bottles…

We Need More Cowbell 5-12-22 (2 minutes, 7 seconds) Last summer I attended a triathlon in support of a close friend who was competing. I loaded my mini-backpack with water bottles, power bars, and …my biggest cowbell. For me, cheering at a race would be incomplete work unless accompanied by cowbells. Smiling…

Twinkle-less(1 minute, 30 seconds) I was listening to a young friend whose suffering is invisible. Her battle is constant, and her pain runs deep. She confided in me that her friends are stepping back, bowing out, and distant as she has tumbled deeper into dark places. She confessed that her…

3-29-22(1 minute, 55 seconds) I wasn’t a sickly youngster, but I remember times when I was sick as a little girl. Specifically, the yucky kind of sick that involved throwing up. I remember a tender gesture from my mom. She would sit with me, gently rubbing my back and holding…

A while back I challenged myself to document for one hundred days in a row the “goodness of the Lord.” My initial intent was to become more aware of God’s day-to-day provision. Besides being a feast for my soul, actively looking for goodness quickened my gratitude response and drew me…

2/28/20221 minute, 54 seconds Missionary Jim Elliot once said, “Wherever you are, be all there.”I learned this lesson many years ago, tumbling down a staircase with my baby girl in one arm, my cell phone in the other, mid-conversation with my director. Other than an enormous carpet burn on my…

IN 2-10-2022 “You’ve got to get with it,” she said gently yet emphatically as she clutched my left arm and peered at me intently.I will be the first to admit I am not technically savvy. Just ask my kids.Or my clients. Many years ago, this personal training client gripping my…

He Is The Offering1-13-221 min 19 seconds One of my earliest memories from attending church as a young child involved putting my quarter in the offering plate. The golden plate, whose inside base was covered in deep maroon velvet material, was passed at the same point in the service every…