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Overcoming the Desert in My Soul
How can one feed these men with bread here in the desert? Mark 8:4 How, indeed? Not only were the disciples nearly empty-handed (only seven loaves for several men? probably...
Jesus Makes Whole
And they heard the sound of the Lord God, walking in the garden. Genesis 3:8 Can you imagine what it must have been like in the garden of Eden, before...
Walking in His Ways
First Reading: Genesis 2:18-25 Then the LORD God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him." So out...
The Breath of Life
First Reading: Genesis 2:4-9, 15-17 These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created. In the day that the LORD God made the earth and...
What A Wonderful World
First Reading: Genesis 1:20--2:4 And God said, "Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the firmament of the heavens." So...
The Power of His Word
First Reading: Genesis 1:1-19 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep;...
Darkness to Light
First Reading: Job 7:1-4, 6-7 "Has not man a hard service upon earth, and are not his days like the days of a hireling? Like a slave who longs for...
Come Away and Rest A While
I particularly love today’s Gospel. I can imagine the apostles tired and weary after a long day of preaching and ministering. They were doing God’s work but Jesus knew they...
Letting Go of What Others Think
Sometimes I struggle with fear. As much as I tell myself I do not care what others think, I find myself measuring my worth based on their opinions (or the...
For the Greater Glory of God
Sometimes when I seek to share the Lord’s message with others, I work too hard trying to find just the right words, just the right way, just the right time....
Emotional Self-Discipline
The reading today is beautiful in its expression of how God uses discipline as a loving way to help us be better. Just as our parents set boundaries and discipline...
Do Not Give Up
Have you seen the movie "Unbroken" yet? My husband and I saw it shortly after Christmas, and we were incredibly touched by the story of Louis Zamperini's life. In the...