Recent Devotions
Many of you probably celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday. Some may have gone all out baking homemade bread and baked goods, along with several delectable sides to accompany a turkey. I saw some tablescapes on Instagram with beautiful china, tall-stemmed glasses, and fresh autumn flowers. We usually use the best-of-the-best for holiday dinners; it makes them more special and meaningful somehow. We savor it. We eat a second plate. We eat too much. Regardless of all of the time and effort, we put into Thanksgiving dinner, all of that food that took days to prepare ends up in Tupperware containers. These leftovers await their…
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13 With the holiday’s approaching I have been reflecting upon my childhood more and more. I grew up with little; I wore a lot of goodwill clothes, there were many days I…
“Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.” (Psalm 119: 142) The first sentence of a newspaper article grabbed my attention: “Morality evolves constantly,” the writer boldly declared. He went on to list many things considered taboo fifty years ago that are now considered acceptable behavior.…
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Isaiah 55:8-11 MSG ” ‘I don’t think the way you think. The way you work isn’t the way I work.’ God’s Decree. For as the sky soars high above earth, so the way I work surpasses the way you work, and the way I think is beyond the way you think. Just as rain and snow descend from the skies and don’t go back until they’ve watered the earth, Doing their work of making things grow and blossom, producing seed for farmers and food for the hungry, So will the words that come out of my mouth not come back empty-handed.…
I’m one of those women who love Amazon Prime. There – I admitted it! (Only because my husband isn’t on this page to read it). I might have a little problem. I don’t know what it is about free two-day shipping – it gets me every time! Last Christmas we had family living with us, so the number of packages delivered to our door virtually doubled. Besides a wave here and there, we don’t know our mail carrier well. However, we wanted to make sure he did not get annoyed at how many times he had to get out of…
“I have heard many such things; miserable comforters are you all!” (Job 16:2, NKJV) I recently again read the Book of Job. Each time I read this familiar story, I gain new insights (and ask more questions) about the meaning of suffering. Job faced great affliction and loss, yet ultimately he came through victorious. Much of the book contains dialogue between Job and three friends who came to console him during this dark period in his life. The more I read, the more I had mixed feelings about their “help.” The phrase “Job’s comforter” derives from this story of Job and…
Ephesians 5:1-2 ESV “Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” I have a young daughter who used to love to mimic people. If you laughed, she would laugh. If you made a silly face, she would make a silly face. If you clapped, she clapped. It was quite comical to watch her as she learned new things just by watching others. We like to follow. Yes, there are people with leadership qualities, but everyone follows the example of…
