Luke 17:6 And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.” When the friends of Jesus asked him for more faith, he told them they didn’t Continue Reading…
Joshua 3:13 “And as soon as the priests who carry the ark of the Lord—the Lord of all the earth—set foot in the Jordan, its waters flowing downstream will be cut off and stand up in a heap.” Most miracles don’t just happen. God seems to like our involvement in Continue Reading…
John 3:8 “The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” As I looked out my window, I watched the tops of the trees dance like winsome Continue Reading…
Hebrews 11:16 “Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.” Do you think of yourself as a risk-taker? Some risks are relatively harmless. One time my husband pursued aerial photography. He would Continue Reading…
Matthew 19:27 “Peter answered him, ‘We have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?’” I sat in what I call my “little room” having my morning devotions. Surrounded by windows, I looked outside and there a few yards away, I spotted a deer. This was Continue Reading…
Jeremiah 38:12-13 “Ebed-Melek the Cushite said to Jeremiah, ‘Put these old rags and worn-out clothes under your arms to pad the ropes.’ Jeremiah did so, and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern.” “Be kinder than necessary.” That’s the motto South Carolina governor Continue Reading…
John 9:4 “As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.” The race you never ran. The book you never wrote. The old flame you never looked up. The exotic vacation you never took. Continue Reading…
Psalm 34:18 “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” From the man who after thirty years of faithful employment is told to clean out his desk to the piercing words of the oncologist, there’s nothing more we can do; from the Continue Reading…
Joshua 3:3-4 “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God and the priests, who are Levites, carrying it, you are to move out from your positions and follow it. Then you will know which way to go, since you have never been this way Continue Reading…
Psalm 52:8: “I am an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God’s unfailing love forever and ever.” I didn’t know quite what to expect when the Lord led me to a quaint little town on Lake Erie to spend an uninterrupted week of writing. I Continue Reading…