Morning Devotional 5.9.26

โ€œAgain Jesus said, โ€œPeace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.โ€โ€โ€ญโ€ญJohnโ€ฌ โ€ญ20โ€ฌ:โ€ญ21โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Motherโ€™s Day can be complicated, and Mothering is not easy. So as we ease into the weekend, I pray that you might be at peaceโ€ฆthe peace passing all reason and understanding, now and always.Lord, in your …

Morning Devotional 5.8.26

โ€œSo neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.โ€โ€ญโ€ญ1 Corinthiansโ€ฌ โ€ญ3โ€ฌ:โ€ญ7โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Only God makes things grow. We are impatient. We want things to happen because we want them, but patience isnโ€™t our strength. We also forget that we have no power, not the …

Morning Devotional 5.4.26

Lessons Learned by my Other Downward Facing Dog โ€œAnd the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.โ€โ€ญโ€ญ1 Peterโ€ฌ โ€ญ5โ€ฌ:โ€ญ10โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Obu was insistent this morning. He interrupted my morning writing ( …

Morning Devotional 4.27.26

โ€œYou are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.โ€โ€ญโ€ญMatthewโ€ฌ โ€ญ5โ€ฌ:โ€ญ14โ€ฌ โ€ญESVโ€ฌโ€ฌ We are Light. The Word identifies us as visible reflectors of Godโ€™s Truth, righteousness, and love. We are called to be the embodiment of active, public faith that acts as a guiding, moral light to a fallen …

Morning (somewhere) Devotional 4.19.26

โ€œFor the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.โ€โ€ญโ€ญ2 Timothyโ€ฌ โ€ญ1โ€ฌ:โ€ญ7โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Scared for what?? I have, by Godโ€™s Grace survived for trials and heartaches than I ever couldโ€™ve imagined. Afraid of what? Seriously? If Iโ€™ve learned nothing else on this faith journey, it is that …

Morning Devotional 4.17.26

โ€œBe alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.โ€โ€ญโ€ญ1 Peterโ€ฌ โ€ญ5โ€ฌ:โ€ญ8โ€ฌ-โ€ญ9โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Stay Woke! Thatโ€™s what being alert …

Morning Devotional 4.10.26

โ€œThe Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.โ€โ€ญโ€ญPsalmsโ€ฌ โ€ญ145โ€ฌ:โ€ญ18โ€ฌ-โ€ญ19โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌ Fear. Fear of God. We hear โ€œfearโ€ and we panic. Fear of God is reverence or awe, meaning none …

Morning Devotional 4.7.26

โ€œVery truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.โ€โ€ญโ€ญJohnโ€ฌ โ€ญ5โ€ฌ:โ€ญ24โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ What if believing could change everything? Would you risk it for everything? Our faith is rewarded, even when it is weak and …