HOW IS GOD LOVING ME – AND WHERE IS GOD LEADING ME?
Devotional thoughts for the Lenten season
Tuesday, March 26th Lend: to give for temporary use on condition that the same or its equivalent be returned; to give with the assistance or support of; accommodate Luke 6:34-35 (NRSV) If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is… Continue Reading “Lend (Tuesday, March 26th)”
Monday, March 25th Limit: to assign certain limits to; to restrict the bounds or limits; to curtail or reduce in quantity or extent Mark 12:28-31 (NRSV) One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered… Continue Reading “Limit (Monday, March 25th)”
Saturday, March 23rd Leap: to spring free from or as if from the ground; jump Luke 6:22-23 (NRSV) Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man. Rejoice in that day… Continue Reading “Leap (Saturday, March 23rd)”
Friday, March 22nd List: to make a list of; enumerate; to include on a list; register Psalm 40:5 (NRSV) You have multiplied, O Lord my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you. Were I to proclaim and tell of… Continue Reading “List (Friday, March 22nd)”
Thursday, March 21st Look: examine; to search for; expect; anticipate; to have in mind as an end; to exercise the power of vision; see; to direct one’s attention Psalm 27:4 (NRSV) One thing I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: to live… Continue Reading “Look (Thursday, March 21st)”
Wednesday, March 20th Lag: to move, function, or develop with comparative slowness James 1:19-20 (NRSV) You must understand this, my beloved: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger; for your anger does not produce God’s righteousness. In recent days… Continue Reading “Lag (Wednesday, March 20th)”
Tuesday, March 19th Linger: to be slow in parting or in quitting something; tarry Exodus 33:7-11 (NRSV) Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp; he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone… Continue Reading “Linger (Tuesday, March 19th)”
Monday, March 18th Legitimate: to make (someone or something) legitimate: 1. to give legal status to; 2. to show or affirm to be justified; 3. to lend authority or respectability to. Proverbs 31 Speak out for those who cannot speak, for the rights of… Continue Reading “Legitimate (Monday, March 18th)”
Saturday, March 16th Listen: to pay attention to sound; to hear something with thoughtful attention; to be alert to catch an expected sound Mark 9:7 Then a cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud there came a voice, “This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to… Continue Reading “Listen (Saturday, March 16th)”
Friday, March 15th Labor: to exert one’s powers of body or mind especially with painful or strenuous effort; work 1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that in the Lord your labor is… Continue Reading “Labor (Friday, March 15th)”