Good Morning Father, Thank You for legs that walk, eyes that see, and hands that work. Thank You for the sun that is slowly rising on a new day. Thank You for rest in the night. I confess that I am troubled as I walk through the maze of this world. I am bombarded by […]
We had this beagle named Freckles. Freckles was a great dog. She nurtured kittens and visited neighbors. She played with growing toddlers and searched out lost bunnies. She nuzzled her way into the heart of our family. But Freckles’ great love was trailing. She would periodically escape the confines of the yard and take off […]
31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written:
“For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”[j]
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[k] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
When we realize the preciousness of the trust we hold, its pricelessness will supersede our rights, our need to be first, our impatience. We are entrusted with a treasure – not to hoard or hide, not to hold tightly, grasping. We are entrusted with a treasure – the Gospel of Christ – to give, to […]
Lord, Help me to guard my heart against the intrusion of the world. Guard my mind to keep it focused on You. Help me remember and act upon the fact that everything – everything – will fall into place as long as I recognize You as Lord and center of my life. Protect me from […]
I feel Your peace through and through my mind and heart. I also feel a pervasive contentment. World events did not cause this, for there are many logical reasons to be disturbed today. You must be reaching down to lift me up, taking care of me, giving me a piece of Your serenity.
Thank You for this protection in the midst of the strange world we are currently experiencing.
Are your circumstances causing you to wonder about God’s involvement in your life? What do you do when things seem to go from bad to worse? How do you keep going in moments when all you hope for seems to disappear? If these questions seem deeply familiar, it’s because they resonate within all of us […]
You know what faith looks like? It doesn’t look like a beautiful cathedral or a life without care. No, faith stands battered and bruised by the trials of this life and, with tears streaming, proclaims In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. Psalm […]
Our time in quarantine is ticking on. But is it a *waste* of time? What one anorexia survivor has come to learn about the power of time, and using the time we’ve been given.