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HOW IS GOD LOVING ME – AND WHERE IS GOD LEADING ME?
Yearly devotions for the Lenten season
1 Peter 3:8 (NRSV) Finally, all of you, have unity of spirit, sympathy, love for one another, a tender heart, and a humble mind. When we think of being tenderhearted, we think of being kind, compassionate, sympathetic, soft, and sensitive, but with a deeper nuance. Our… Continue Reading “Wednesday, March 29th- Tenderheartedness”
James 1:22-25 (NRSV) 22 But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves. 23 For if any are hearers of the word and not doers, they are like those who look at themselves in a mirror; 24 for they look at themselves and, on going away,… Continue Reading “Tuesday, March 28th- Obedience”
Micah 6:8 He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? I was a young mom, heading to the check-out lines at the… Continue Reading “Monday, March 27th- Justice”
Luke 10:41-42 41 But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; 42 there is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.” When we moved from our home to a… Continue Reading “Saturday, March 25th- Simplicity”
Romans 6:4 Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. Here in the northern hemisphere, spring has come!… Continue Reading “Friday, March 24th- Newness”
Matthew 7:1-5 “Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. 2 For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. 3 Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye, but do not notice… Continue Reading “Thursday, March 23rd- Goodwill”
Matthew 14:23 (NRSV) 23 And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone… Our verse for today is one of several that mention Jesus praying alone, away from the crowds and… Continue Reading “Wednesday, March 22nd- Solitude”
2 Corinthians 2:14-17 (NRSV) 14 But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads in every place the fragrance that comes from knowing him. 15 For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are… Continue Reading “Tuesday, March 21st- Essence”
Colossians 1:11-12 (NRSV) 11 May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints… Continue Reading “Monday, March 20th- Patience”
Mark 11:25 (NRSV) 25 “Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.” In the past, I have thought this verse meant that forgiveness of others was a condition we needed… Continue Reading “Saturday, March 18th- Forgiveness”
Simply Soul Searching 