by Jeanne Takenaka | Sep 19, 2022 | Anxiety, Tell His Story, Trusting God
Have you ever struggled to release anxiety and trust God in difficult seasons? These past couple of years, God has shown me a rather unflattering facet of my personality. Perhaps it goes back to my younger years when peer rejection carved deep wounds into my heart and...
by Jeanne Takenaka | Sep 5, 2022 | Choices, Perspective, Tell His Story
We never know how the choices we make may impact our lives. Have you ever read a Biblical genealogy and thought, “Wow! I saw so much of God in that list of names!” Yeah, me neither. But, recently, as I began another read-through of the Bible I was stopped...
by Jeanne Takenaka | Aug 29, 2022 | Tell His Story
How do we choose courage? Have you ever walked through seasons that overwhelmed you with emotion and heartache? This summer, though it held wonderful memories, also unlocked much heartache. Lots of hard, painful things have been going on in our family. A friend...
by Jeanne Takenaka | Aug 16, 2022 | Tell His Story
This summer’s craziness finally caught up with me. When I posted a couple of weeks ago, I completely forgot to mention that I would be gone this week. See that handsome young man in the picture above? We are taking him to college in Arkansas and helping him move in...
by Jeanne Takenaka | Aug 1, 2022 | Tell His Story
Who of us has ever tried to hide from God? If I’m honest, I may be guilty of sometimes acting a little like the prophet Jonah and tried to hide from God, especially in the hard seasons of my life. Yes, I wanted to hide from His presence. No, I didn’t hop on a ship or...
