Susan Davidson
I am a country girl from a small town nestled in the mountains of Southwest Virginia. I love discovering something new in God's word, sipping on my favorite coffee and enjoying the simple things in life. And I love to write about all the everyday stuff in between. My hope is that the things I share on my page will encourage and inspire you to find God's purpose for your own everyday journey.
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God’s Indescribable Gift
Key Verse: “Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift.” I Corinthians 9: 15 (CSV) I will never forget that morning the Lord laid that precious lady that came in my library on my heart. I woke up in the early hours of the morning just knowing I had to give her a special gift. You see she had knitted caps for cancer patients and babies for years. Unselfishly giving of her money and time just because she wanted to. She didn’t make them for the praise and she didn’t give them for anything in return. She just made them because God had given her the gift of knitting and…
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The Greatest Gift is Still Love
The street light wasn’t the only thing all aglow that night all those years ago. My childlike heart was, too. I missed my favorite Christmas shows that year but received something better. I would have never thought it could have been possible. Every year as a child, I waited impatiently to watch my favorite Christmas shows. When I was growing up, there were no DVD players, streaming apps, or cable, so I was given only one chance each year to watch them. If I missed them the night they aired on TV, I had to wait 365 days for another chance. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, and the…
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Gifts Made by Hands
Key Verse: “For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” Romans 10:13 (CSB) I love having gifts under my tree each year with my name on them. I hope that don’t make me sound too self-centered. I wish I was one of those people that can honestly say for them it is all about giving to others at Christmas. But if I am to be really truthful I am still a big kid at heart. I love giving to others but I like getting a few gifts under the tree for myself. There, I said that out loud. I love opening those special gifts…
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White Chocolate-Dipped Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies
For most of us, the Christmas season is packed full of family traditions. We look forward to celebrating with our family, friends, and communities. No Holiday season is complete without feasting on some of our favorite snacks and treats. I was blessed to work as a library assistant at my local library for several years. Every holiday season, the library staff would make homemade treats for our community to show our appreciation for their patronage and support throughout the year. We called the event “Community Christmas,” and patrons from all over our county would visit our library and enjoy warm conversation, laughter, and great food. Several years passed, and we…
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December 1, 2020
Dear Jesus, I thank you for another day. Help me see all the good things you have planned for me today. So often I get busy with other things and fail to take notice. Open my eyes today to all your goodness. Help me spend some time looking up instead of down as I walk through my day. The heavens declare your glory. Let them remind me that a God that can create such things such as sun, moon and stars can do anything. You hold them in place by your word alone. You hold me too. They not only declare your glory but they are the key…
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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…
