Morning Devotional 12.8.2025

“May he be like rain that falls on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth. In his days may righteousness flourish and peace abound, until the moon is no more.”‭‭Psalms‬ ‭72‬:‭6‬-‭7‬ ‭NRSVUE‬‬ While this was originally written for the sovereign, let this be our prayer. Let our joy and hope for what God …

Morning Devotional 11.10.2025

“A voice cries out: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain.”‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭40‬:‭3‬-‭4‬ ‭NRSVUE‬‬ Dear God, lead us …

Morning Devotional 11.8.2025

“He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that, having died to sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.”‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭2‬:‭24‬ ‭NRSVUE‬‬ First in Isaiah, and here in 1 Peter, we are reminded that Christ suffered that we might live healed and free. We are …

Morning Devotional 11.7.2025

“I have fought the good fight; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith.”‭‭2 Timothy‬ ‭4‬:‭7‬ ‭NRSVUE‬‬ Paraphrasing Kierkegaard, we live our lives forward, but they can only be understood backwards. Looking back to conversations with My Beloved in our last days together, he was saying goodbye, assuring me of his love, and …

Morning Devotional 11.2.2025

“When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.”‭‭Psalms‬ ‭56‬:‭3‬ ‭NIV‬‬ I’m pretty brave, but I’ve always had shelter. As a little girl, I could always find comfort my Daddy’s embrace, or either of my grandpas. I was dearly loved. For 31 years, My Beloved was my shelter. I cannot possibly count the times …

Morning Devotional 10.31.2025

“and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”‭‭Galatians‬ ‭2‬:‭20‬ ‭NRSVUE‬‬ How often do we default to “wasn’t me” when things …

Morning Devotional 10.30.2025

“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God.”‭‭Romans‬ ‭5‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭NIV‬‬ We have peace. I remember reading that peace …

Morning Devotional 10.27.2025

“Are any of you suffering hardships? You should pray. Are any of you happy? You should sing praises.”James 5:13 NLT Learned from My Beloved, an old wisdom, “Joy and sorrow live in the same house.”We should appreciate the balance life offers. Where there is joy, there will also be sorrow, one tempering the other.Lord, wipe …