You are the fountain of life, the light by which we see. Psalm 36:9 (NLT) On February 18, 1952, a brutal nor’easter hit off the coast of Cape Cod. The crew of the Pendleton T2 oil tanker was trapped aboard the ship when it split in half. Despite the massive storm, Boatswain’s Mate First Class Bernie …
Category Archives: Devotion
A Willing Heart
Mary responded, “I am the Lord’s servant. May everything you have said about me come true.” And then the angel left her. Luke 1:38 (NLT) Mary, chosen by God to bear His Son. Who would have blamed her if she’d balked at the LORD’s plan? After all, this child would skew her plans. She anticipated …
Weighed Down
Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down… The LORD laid on him the sins of us all. Isaiah 53:4-6 (NLT) Yesterday, my son and I were talking about God and suffering. He was telling me his friend doesn’t believe in God. His friend’s logic is that if …
Son of the Most High
“You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.” Luke …
Say What?
Never question God’s love for you because God’s love is never in question.
Grapevines and Snowflakes
At times, bending, folding, snipping, cutting, pruning, can be painful. But someday I will stand in God’s presence and see what He intended all along; He was making me into a pleasing and perfect work of art.
Advent; A Time For Reflection
This Christmas, take time to meditate on God’s Word. Claim His promises. Cling to His words of love and comfort. Ponder them, treasure them, and allow them to take root in your heart and mind. It’s the best gift you will ever give yourself.
Our Burden Bearer
God, deserving everything yet coming to us in humility. Coming, not for the mighty but the weak. Coming, not amid fanfare but quietly, peacefully. Coming not to wage war against the nations but to save the nations. To carry our burdens, our load, our sins upon his back.
A Genealogy of Grace
The common thread running through his family line is one of redemption. Finding worth in the worthless. Pouring grace upon the unworthy. Loving the less-than.
Everyday Marys
Everyday Marys render themselves available to God, knowing their greatest gift to Him is not in the ‘being’ but in the surrender.