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How Do I Delight in the Lord?

How Do I Delight in the Lord?

Take delight in the Lord, and he will grant you your heart’s requests. // Psalm 37:4 This is such a sweet verse from today’s Psalm, right? It almost reads like...
November 11, 2024
Tending to the Lord’s Dwelling

Tending to the Lord’s Dwelling

[I]n him you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. // Ephesians 2:22 I like to think I can do quite a few...
October 21, 2024
Soften My Heart To Your Words

Soften My Heart To Your Words

“Simon, I have something to say to you.” “Tell me, teacher,” he said. // Luke 7:40 “Gina! Wait. I forgot to give you the homework . . .” The final school...
September 18, 2024
Savoring the Fragments

Savoring the Fragments

They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the fragments left over. // Matthew 14:20  I stepped out into the courtyard with hundreds of women (perhaps some of...
August 04, 2024
No Work On Sunday

No Work On Sunday

“For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.” // Matthew 12:8 “Mom,” my teenage son asked, “aren’t we supposed to rest and not work on Sunday?” I could...
July 18, 2024
Walk Into Freedom - Blessed Is She

Walk Into Freedom

So [Peter] followed him out, not realizing that what was happening through the angel was real. // Acts 12:9  Chained, sandwiched between guards, locked in a cell guarded by more...
June 28, 2024
Keds, 1% Better, and the Pursuit of Holiness - Blessed Is She

Keds, 1% Better, and the Pursuit of Holiness

As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct, for it is written, Be holy because I am holy. // 1 Peter 1:16...
May 27, 2024
What Are We To Do? - Blessed Is She

What Are We To Do?

When they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and they asked Peter and the other Apostles, “What are we to do, my brothers?” // Acts 2:37 “Oooh, that...
April 01, 2024
The Persistence of A Child - Blessed Is She

The Persistence of A Child

Jesus withdrew toward the sea with his disciples. A large number of people followed from Galilee and from Judea. // Mark 3:7 There’s a joke among mothers that moms of toddlers...
January 17, 2024
When We Want To Give Up - Blessed Is She

When We Want To Give Up

Jesus told his disciples a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary [ . . . ] “But when the Son of Man comes, will...
November 17, 2023
Remember His Goodness - Blessed Is She

Remember His Goodness

The Lord remembers his covenant forever. // Psalm 105:8 The Lord remembers. I do not (always) remember.  During the pandemic, a friend and I committed to sharing one good thing,...
October 20, 2023
Am I Limiting God? - Blessed Is She

Am I Limiting God?

“God forbid, Lord!” [ . . . ] “Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me!” // Matthew 16:22-23 My college roommate once wrote a paper about Jesus...
September 02, 2023