Category: Lenten Reflections

Devotional thoughts for the Lenten season

LONGING FOR GOD’S PERSPECTIVE, DAY FOUR

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?Monday, March 24th (Here is another excerpt from my memoir * about my time with ovarian cancer that gave me a new perspective on life…) I am grateful to be aware of the preciousness of life that comes from facing… Continue Reading “LONGING FOR GOD’S PERSPECTIVE, DAY FOUR”

LONGING FOR GOD’S PERSPECTIVE, DAY THREE

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?Friday, March 21st A Closer Look(KLW June 2023) You fill this world with beauty,your creation brings delight,and all around me I can seeyour power and your mightin the grandeur of the ocean,the sky’s enormity,the majesty of mountaintops,the strength in every… Continue Reading “LONGING FOR GOD’S PERSPECTIVE, DAY THREE”

LONGING FOR GOD’S PERSPECTIVE, DAY TWO

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?Thursday, March 20th I am learning that others are choosing (as I have) to reduce or withdraw from social media and news stories, to step away from the worrisome information in order to regain some peace. Yet, even as I… Continue Reading “LONGING FOR GOD’S PERSPECTIVE, DAY TWO”

LONGING FOR GOD’S PERSPECTIVE, DAY ONE

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?Wednesday, March 19th O Lord, our Sovereign,    how majestic is your name in all the earth!You have set your glory above the heavens…When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,    the moon and the stars that you have established;what are… Continue Reading “LONGING FOR GOD’S PERSPECTIVE, DAY ONE”

LONGING FOR GOD’S PROVISION, DAY FIVE

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?Tuesday, March 18th And do not keep seeking what you are to eat and what you are to drink, and do not keep worrying. For it is the nations of the world that seek all these things, and your Father knows that… Continue Reading “LONGING FOR GOD’S PROVISION, DAY FIVE”

LONGING FOR GOD’S PROVISION-DAY FOUR

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?Monday, March 17th My Grace is Sufficient (This excerpt is from my memoir, What Would You Have Me Know? Contemplation and Companionship in a Time of Cancer. The journal entry in italics was written a few weeks after my surgery,… Continue Reading “LONGING FOR GOD’S PROVISION-DAY FOUR”

LONGING FOR GOD’S PROVISION, DAY THREE

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?Friday, March 14th Changing Landscapes–a Benediction(KLW October 2021) When the landscape is unfamiliarand the wilderness seems vast,may you turn to take the hand of Onewho guides and holds you fast. May you place each changing landscapeinto God’s all-knowing careand ask… Continue Reading “LONGING FOR GOD’S PROVISION, DAY THREE”

LONGING FOR GOD’S PROVISION, DAY TWO

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?Thursday, March 13th It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them. ~ George Eliot… Continue Reading “LONGING FOR GOD’S PROVISION, DAY TWO”

LONGING FOR GOD’S PROVISION, DAY ONE

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?Wednesday, March 12th Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tested by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and… Continue Reading “LONGING FOR GOD’S PROVISION, DAY ONE”

LONGING FOR GOD’S PRESENCE, DAY FIVE

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?Tuesday, March 11th This last reflection on our Longing for God’s Presence is a reminder that we can serve as God’s presence for others… These days, I am finding much comfort in the presence of like-minded (and deeply hurting and… Continue Reading “LONGING FOR GOD’S PRESENCE, DAY FIVE”