Recent Devotions
Lloyd Douglas, the author of The Robe, lived in a boardinghouse while he attended college. A retired wheelchair-bound music professor lived on the first floor. Each morning Douglas would stick his head in the door of the professor’s apartment and ask the same question. “Well, what’s the good news?”The professor would pick up his tuning fork, tap it on the side of the wheelchair, and say, “That’s Middle C! It was Middle C yesterday: it will be Middle C tomorrow; it will be Middle C a thousand years from now. The tenor upstairs sings flat, the piano across the hall…
“I have often wondered at the unaccountableness of man in this, among other things; that tho’ he loves changes so well, he should care so little to hear or think of his last, great, and best change too, if he pleases.” -William Penn- My husband often comes home to find…
A lonely little piece of land languished between my concrete driveway and a gravel road. It received no shade and flourished, you could say, with weeds and shale. This summer, I decided to turn that hopeless lot into a flower bed. When I started researching what to plant, I logged…
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Have you ever been told to use the side door, back door, or any entry that is not the normal way? Perhaps there was a surprise party or an event that needed a measure of secrecy. I’ve found that the “side door,” or surprise door as I call it, is one of the Lord’s favorite ways of answering prayers. When we pray, we usually have an idea of how the Lord should answer. We mentally lay out our strategy for a good ending. It could be a dramatic healing or a big fat check that lands in our mailbox. And…
“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 Remember when spring cleaning was a big event of the year. After the snow was gone and the weather was getting warmer, a homemaker would practically tear the house apart. All the curtains were removed from the windows, washed, and hung out to dry in the spring breeze. Blinds were taken down and dusted or washed, depending on what kind they were. Then the windows were thoroughly cleaned inside and out to get rid of the winter’s grime. Carpets were removed, hung over the…
“Your road led through the sea, your pathway through the mighty waters—a pathway no one knew was there!” Psalms 77:19 We are facing extremely uncertain times right now all across the globe. Most people are feeling fear and anxiety as we face an unknown future. Lockdown, social distancing and quarantine have become a part of our everyday vocabulary. A stark reminder of how quickly things can change. When the Israelites were finally freed from their slavery, they set out on a perilous journey to reach the land that God had promised them. Their futures too were uncertain, and their destination…
And many women who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him, were there looking on from afar, among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons (Matthew 27:55-56, NKJV). Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. (John 19:25, NKJV) Who was at the cross with Jesus after the rest of His followers had deserted Him? Which of His followers remained by His side in the most difficult moments of His life? Who stayed by Him and…
