The Lord will guide you continually, giving you water when you are dry and restoring your strength. You will be like a well-watered garden, like an ever-flowing spring. Isaiah 58:11 Lent is the 40 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter (excluding Sundays). During this time of reflection, we prepare our hearts to celebrate Christ’s resurrection on Easter. The number forty […]
Lenten Devotional Day 10 Scripture Reading: Romans 5:1-5 During our ‘time spent at home’ last year, Steve and I worked on a puzzle together. Even when we could not find another piece to fit, we had the hope of eventually seeing the finished puzzle. And during our years together we have faced struggles – with health, loved ones, disappointments and […]
Lenten Devotional Day 9 Scripture Reading: Matthew 14:28-33 Jesus immediately reached out His hand and took hold of him, saying to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. I am a procrastinator. I might tell myself I work better under […]
Lenten Devotional Day 8 Scripture Reading: Luke 8:26-39 But Jesus sent him away saying, “Return to your home and declare how much God has done for you.” Luke 8:39 We all have those days when we just don’t feel like ourselves. We wake up irritable and things just do not go as planned. We feel out of sorts and out […]
Lenten Devotional Day 7 Scripture Reading: Luke 19:1-10 The story of Zacchaeus was a common one in Sunday School or our bedtime stories at home. There’s even a song about the little man who climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus. The focus of the story was typically on how Jesus invited himself to Zacchaeus’ home and about the people […]
Day 6 Lenten Devotion Bible Reading: Matthew 6:14-22 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.” Matthew 6:20 For many years (prior to these COVID times) Steve and I both traveled for work, sometimes apart, sometimes together, as many as 40 […]
Lenten Devotions Day 5 Scripture Reading: 1Peter 2:13-24 For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in His steps. Have you ever watched a young child following their Dad or Mom through the snow? They try to match the footsteps of the adult, but their little […]
Scripture Reading Mark 3:20-21 When my children were young, I would sometimes get so busy caring for them I would forget to eat. Has that ever happened to you? Do you get fixated on a project or get so busy caring for someone else you neglect your own needs? Jesus knows what that is like. After preaching to the crowds, […]
Mark 3:1-6 This past year has been filled with violence and protests. We see it in the news over and over. We are angered by the mistreatment of others. And at the same time we feel such sadness for our world. We wish for a world filled with love for our fellow man. We wish for a world with less […]
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. Matthew 4:1-2 What is the longest you have gone without eating? Maybe during an illness, we might hit 24 or 48 hours, but it is rare. On a regular basis I use intermittent […]