Old Year’s Night-This Year, There Will Be Fire

New Yearโ€™s Eve portends a year of hopeful questions. Old Yearโ€™s Night is the last day of an answering year. In every case, the answer is the same. If it didnโ€™t kill you, no matter what it was, you will never fear it again.  Old Yearโ€™s Nights prepare for New Yearโ€™s Days by way of …

Exhaled (a reboot)

And then, I exhaled. Iโ€™m committed to learning to breathe deeply. This is more than a metaphor. I am a shallow breather. According to people who teach meditation,   When we breathe in a shallow way, the body remains in a cyclical state of stressโ€”our stress causing shallow breathing and our shallow breathing causing stress. This …

Morning Devotional 6.15.26

โ€œAbove all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.โ€โ€ญโ€ญ1 Peterโ€ฌ โ€ญ4โ€ฌ:โ€ญ8โ€ฌ โ€ญNRSVUEโ€ฌโ€ฌ โ€œLove covers a multitude of sins.โ€ Our sins may be covered, but love does not excuse them. The Word guides us to maintain love constantly. For me this means ensuring love is primary in all of our …

Morning Devotional 6.12.26

โ€œLove suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;โ€โ€ญโ€ญI Corinthiansโ€ฌ โ€ญ13โ€ฌ:โ€ญ4โ€ฌ โ€ญNKJVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Be guided by love, the love of God. Iโ€™ve recently learned that loving yourself means handling it over to the Almighty. What is below immediately follows.Youโ€™re welcome.Thanks be to God. Image may be …

Morning Devotional 6.10.26

โ€œWait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!โ€โ€ญโ€ญPsalmsโ€ฌ โ€ญ27โ€ฌ:โ€ญ14โ€ฌ โ€ญNKJVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Iโ€™ve been doing a lot lately. Iโ€™m not complaining; in fact, Iโ€™m grateful. I am feeling a tug to slow the pace though, if Iโ€™m being honest. Itโ€™s time to get out of …

Morning Devotional 6.4.26

โ€œBlessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted. Blessed areare the meek, For they shall inherit the earth.โ€โ€ญโ€ญMatthewโ€ฌ โ€ญ5โ€ฌ:โ€ญ4โ€ฌ-โ€ญ5โ€ฌ โ€ญNKJVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Itโ€™s going to be alright. Whomever, whatever, you mourn, you shall be comforted. Sorrow does not last forever. In fact, after every sunset, the sun rises again.God has never failed to deliver on …

Morning Devotional 6.3.26

โ€œYou have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, To the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.โ€โ€ญโ€ญPsalmsโ€ฌ โ€ญ30โ€ฌ:โ€ญ11โ€ฌ-โ€ญ12โ€ฌ โ€ญNKJVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Evolution takes time. I was afraid that …

Morning Devotional 6.2.26

โ€œBlessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.โ€โ€ญโ€ญMatthewโ€ฌ โ€ญ5โ€ฌ:โ€ญ3โ€ฌ โ€ญNKJVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Are you weary?I am.Do you ignore signs to rest?Me too.Is it good for us?NO. It is sin. 2 things: Stop doing what you were never meant to do and, Remember that you are a holy temple, sanctified to Divine service.Act …

Morning Devotional 6.1.26

โ€œWhy are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.โ€โ€ญโ€ญPsalmsโ€ฌ โ€ญ42โ€ฌ:โ€ญ11โ€ฌ โ€ญNKJVโ€ฌโ€ฌ I know, life can be lifing, and sometimes even with faith, some days hope is in short supply. Hereโ€™s what we …