Recent Devotions
“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 the living room furniture rearranged, table toppers changed, floral and tabletop decor relocated, and even pictures switched out and moved around on the walls. He teases me by saying he’ll never be able to walk around the house in the dark for fear of stubbing a toe on a table…
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…
A photograph can stir memory and emotion. Most of us have had the experience of opening a photo album or rummaging through a box of miscellaneous keepsakes, and within moments we feel the emotion of a moment forgotten. Or, we sense the smell of our childhood home, a favorite spice…
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“Never before had there been a king like Josiah, who turned to the Lord with all his heart and soul and strength, obeying all the laws of Moses. And there has never been a king like him since.” 2 Kings 23:25 Josiah was eight years old when he became king and he reigned in Jerusalem for thirty one years. When he sends his court secretary on an errand, his life gets turned upside down. What should have been a simple task turned into despair for Josiah. The high priest discovers the book of law in the Lord’s temple. When Josiah heard…
“I was there when he set the limits of the seas, so they would not spread beyond their boundaries. And when he marked off the earth’s foundations,” Proverbs 8:29 Humans struggle with being told what to do. Everyone wants to be the Captain, to be in charge, to take orders from no one. We don’t like having boundaries, and we love to exercise our “right” to our own free will. God has placed boundaries for a reason though, a very important, life saving reason. Have you ever driven through a highway, that was over-looking the ocean? You can smell the…
“What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?” Romans 8:31 How many times when we are facing a problem, do we try to work it out on our own? We forget that the Lord is always with us, and even though He knows what we are going through, He waits for us to approach Him. Often, we go to the Lord as a last resort when we cannot think of the right solution. But He desires for us to bring every care to Him and trust Him to give us…
“But we belong to the day. So we must stay sober and let our faith and love be like a suit of armor. Our firm hope that we will be saved is our helmet.” 1 Thessalonians 5:8 CEV Anyone else out there feel as though darkness is running rampant through our world right now? I need to remind myself often that I belong to the light, and that I do not need to fear what is happening around me. We are given instruction as to how to handle this season of chaos in many scriptures, one being the one above.…
