Recent Devotions
“Not a single one of all the good promises the LORD had given to the family of Israel was left unfulfilled; everything he had spoken came true.” Joshua 21:45 NLT The journey from their deliverance in Egypt to the Promised Land, was turbulent and often treacherous for the Israelites. Not so much in the physical sense, but more so spiritually. They struggled at every turn with their faith and commitment to God. They questioned His promises and allowed themselves to become consumed with doubt. We still struggle with the very same issues today. We are easily distracted, our faith can…
“So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him and kissed him.” Luke 15:20 The parable of the prodigal son is one of my absolute favorites.…
“Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony.” Colossians 3:14 I’m not a very fashionable person. I love clothes as much as the next woman, but I struggle with pairing patterns, prints and colours together. I try and keep it simple with dresses that…
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Job is one of the finest characters in the Old Testament; he was committed to his family, he was faithful to Yahweh, and his resilience to suffering is commendable. However, Job’s friends are criticized harshly for their lack of finesse regarding Job’s torment. At one point, even Job refers to them as miserable comforters (Job 16:2, NRSV). However, Job 2:12–13 reveals a redeeming characteristic and a compelling twist of their attempt to comfort their friend: When they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him, and they raised their voices and wept aloud; they tore their robes and…
“That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:” Psalm 144:13. I like to read pioneer stores. In most of them there are references to the way the women prepared for winter by filling their root cellars or storage rooms with food. Everything that was harvested from their gardens or from the fields and woods around them was canned, dried, or preserved in some way for them to have food for the long winter months. When winter came, they were prepared. Each day, they could…
Although a righteous person may fall seven times, he gets up again, but the wicked will be brought down by calamity. (Proverbs 24:16, New English Translation) Anyone who knows me well knows I am a total klutz. I’m sure I was born with some yet undiscovered gene that causes klutziness. I can trip on thin air and have the bumps and bruises to prove it. Meeting the ground in a forceful manner can hurt and at times leave scars. But I pick myself up and go on. Maybe limping for a moment, but I go. I do not just sit…
Daniel 9:17 KJV “Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.” Daniel 9:17 MSG “So listen, God, to this determined prayer of your servant. Have mercy on your ruined Sanctuary. Act out of who you are, not out of what we are.” Humanity can be quite a mess at times. We struggle to learn from history and our own personal mistakes. We interject ourselves into situations thinking that we possess all the answers. Selfishness and ego fuel many…
