Jill Noble

(1 minute, 8 seconds) When my oldest son and I shared the adventure of traveling to Sweden a few summers ago, we had the enormous joy and privilege of staying with new friends who would become like family to us. They generously hosted us, introduced us to Swedish culture and…

5-31-21 I have never seen a check-out line as long as the one I and about twenty-five other Walmart shoppers were standing in. Only two “staffed” checking lanes were open, and apparently, it seemed to all of us that the self-check option was going to be the fastest way out…

5-15-21  (2 min, 15 sec) Among other things, pressing on my mind about six weeks ago was…shelving.  More specifically, measurements for the shelving we were planning to have our carpentry-kiddo build in our new basement. I know, tell me about it. HARDLY worth waking someone up at night. But it did….

(2 minutes, 20 seconds) I went to school to be an Athletic Trainer. And so, by way of a college major, I signed up for being a first responder of sorts for sports injuries and emergencies.On a recent drive with a few family members, I was recalling (what I thought…

(1 minute, 45 seconds) The table prayer written on the young fabric of my heart, involved inviting Jesus to be our guest as we were about to eat food;“Come, Lord Jesus, be our guest…” It was good to invite Jesus to that table.But it is even better that He invites…

(2 minutes, 30 seconds) Hebrews 13:14, Philippians 3:20, and John 14:2 say: Here, we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. Our ultimate citizenship is not here; it is in heaven.Our Father’s house (in the lasting city where our citizenship is) has many rooms….

Last month was a doozy.Plans imploded, life skidded out of control, and my last threads of stability were shredded apart. I was walking with a limp, talking with a stutter, and figuratively, in a state of mortal bleeding. I know that discouragement and anxiety have sucker-punched others besides me and…

(2 minutes, 6 seconds) As a little kid, I hid my money in a jar under my bed. I wasn’t saving for anything in particular; I was storing up for a rainy day… whatever that meant in my seven-year-old brain!  No, I didn’t have much money. I just saved every penny…

(1 minute, 30 seconds to read)When our third was a curly-headed toddler, and before he transitioned from afternoon naps, Austin enjoyed staying up later in the evenings with his dad and me. After his older siblings had been tucked in for the night, Austin, who was an observant and mellow…

(2 minutes, 4 seconds to read) “He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind, and who reveals his thoughts to mankind, who turns dawn to darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth, the Lord God Almighty is his name.” Amos 4:13 Two winters ago, I discovered the…