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Just Thankful
It is funny the memories from my childhood that have stuck with me as I’ve grown up. Although, I admit that often it isn’t the memories of the things that I had or all the things I did that I remember or think about the most. As I have gotten older, I have the wisdom to just be thankful for so many things. One of the most enduring Thanksgiving memories I have is not with tables full of food and people gathered around. It is instead one solitary Thanksgiving meal with my mom that is the most endearing to me. My dad went hunting with my brother that year, so…
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What Would Your Story Say About You
Key Verse: “Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.” I Timothy 4:12 (KJV) Have you ever wondered if God was telling your story to someone else what he would say? Really, think about it for a second. What do you think he would choose to tell someone else about you? I sometimes wonder what He would say about me when I come across a scripture like Job 1:8 that says, “And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth,…
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November 19, 2020
Dear Jesus, Please accept what I bring this morning, Lord. It doesn’t feel like much at all. But it is everything I have. I confess to you my sins and shortcomings. Honestly, I struggle this morning to be thankful focusing on what I don’t have. I am asking you to help me focus on what I do have instead. I may not have everything I would like to have but you, Lord, have been gracious and have given me way and above everything that I need. Help me lay down at your feet all the things I wrestle to understand. Things that hurt my heart and give me a worried…
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Thankful for a Blank Page
Before I put pen to paper to write this devotion, I sat for a minute and prayed about the words I would write. What words do you want me to write, Lord? Who will you lead to them today? Who will you send by today that needs them? Then, as I looked down at the blank page before me, I began to realize that my blank page would be the message for this devotion. A blank page is what I am thankful for this Tuesday in November. Let me explain… I think probably everyone would agree that probably the most talked-about woman in the Bible would be the woman at…
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Longing for Answers
Key Verse: “When Jesus heard about it, he withdrew himself from there by boat to a remote place to be alone.” Matthew 14:12-13 (CSB) There have been times in my life I did a good job of covering it up. At least I like to think I did. I smiled, laughed and joined in all the conversation. I made myself useful in the preparation and the planning. I took part in all the festivities. But in all honesty, I wasn’t smiling on the inside. I sure didn’t feel like laughing. And even though I was joining in if I was to be honest all I really wanted to do was…
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Thankful for Simple
I am thankful today for simplicity. The simple uncomplicated things in my life. Believe me for a girl who can overcomplicate everything in a red hot minute this is a very big deal. And when you begin to see God working that magic word in your own life even if in small ways it is definitely something to be thankful for. Honestly, I can overcomplicate just about everything in my life. I can overcomplicate picking out what I wear, how I do a job and cook a meal. My husband is always telling me to “work smarter not harder” because I can do so many things the hard…
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Longing for Rescue
Key Verse: “I will praise you Lord, for you have rescued me.” Psalm 30:2 (NCV) I admit I long for rescue. I don’t know but this has just felt like an extra long hard week. My heart has hurt and felt a little heavier with everything going on in the world. And this girl has just longed to be rescued from it all. Anybody? I have thought about the movie scenes where the knight on the white horse with colors flying rides up to save the princess and save the day. Those scenes get me every time. I long for that kind of ending to my story. And it may…
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Thankful for That Day
This day, November 3, 2020. For some it will be a day they will never forget. It will bring uncertainty. Fear. Even dread. For others it will bring illness. Cancer. Cov-19. For others pain and grief. For others it will be a day of heartache. Loss. Disappointment. Depression. Anxiety. For many it will bring unwanted change. Unplanned circumstances. Disappointing results. This day the world cries out for justice. Understanding. Acceptance. This day people long for rest. Restoration. Deliverance. This day many struggle to find the one thing they perhaps need the most. Hope. But one day this day will change. Change from this day to That Day….. And on That Day….…
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One is All You Need
Key Verse: “You, Lord, are all I have, and you give me all I need; my future is in your hands.” Psalm 16:5 (GNT) I have never forgotten that Sunday morning when my dad stood up and made his statement of faith. I don’t think I ever will. I often have wondered how do you get that kind of faith. The kind that you can stand with feet firmly planted with absolute assurance that God is going to do what God said he would do. No matter what. Oh, I know we are quick to speak God’s word and write God’s word. We sing the hymns and we raise our…
