Morning Devotional 1.28.26

โ€œBe careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.โ€โ€ญโ€ญPhilippiansโ€ฌ โ€ญ4โ€ฌ:โ€ญ6โ€ฌ-โ€ญ7โ€ฌ โ€ญKJVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Peace passing all understanding. Whew. I know that I havenโ€™t felt that peace …

Morning Devotional 12.20.2025

โ€œAnd blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord.โ€โ€ญโ€ญLukeโ€ฌ โ€ญ1โ€ฌ:โ€ญ45โ€ฌ โ€ญNRSVUEโ€ฌโ€ฌ Immediately preceding Maryโ€™s song, The Magnificat, I appreciate this blessing. Faith isnโ€™t perfect, and so often lately I feel like my faith is like a flag left out too long in the …

Morning Devotional 12.19.2025

โ€œPursue peace with everyone and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God, that no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble and through it many become defiled.โ€โ€ญโ€ญHebrewsโ€ฌ โ€ญ12โ€ฌ:โ€ญ14โ€ฌ-โ€ญ15โ€ฌ โ€ญNRSVUEโ€ฌโ€ฌ Pursue peace. Chase it. Be intentional about consciously desiring …

Morning Devotional 12.18.2025

โ€œlooking to Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.โ€โ€ญโ€ญHebrewsโ€ฌ โ€ญ12โ€ฌ:โ€ญ2โ€ฌ โ€ญNRSVUEโ€ฌโ€ฌ Stop waiting to achieve perfection, which is not ours to achieve, and …

Morning Devotional 11.23.2025

โ€œEven though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.โ€โ€ญโ€ญPsalmsโ€ฌ โ€ญ23โ€ฌ:โ€ญ4โ€ฌ โ€ญNRSVUEโ€ฌโ€ฌ Even thoughโ€ฆI fear not, or so I try. I spent more of my life married to My Beloved than anything else I did, so I am learning to …

Morning Devotional 11.20.2035

Morning Devotional โ€œBut Jesus looked at them and said, โ€œFor mortals it is impossible, but for God all things are possible.โ€โ€โ€ญโ€ญMatthewโ€ฌ โ€ญ19โ€ฌ:โ€ญ26โ€ฌ โ€ญNRSVUEโ€ฌโ€ฌ All things are possible (for God). Faith is not magic, and God is not a wish factory.The point of this scripture is salvation, which we cannot achieve without God. So, letโ€™s just …

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 …