Sep 21, 2015 | A Monday Devotional
Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness. Let the whole world know what he has done. Psalm 105:1 In the sixteenth chapter of 1 Chronicles, a worship service is taking place. The people of God are celebrating the return of the Ark of the Covenant, the emblem...
Sep 14, 2015 | A Monday Devotional
Let my whole being bless the Lord! Let everything inside me bless his holy name! Psalm 103:1 (CEB) I come from church-goers on my mother’s side. My Grandma Lucy was a pillar of the Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, and a Worthy Matron of the...
Sep 7, 2015 | A Monday Devotional
I’m reading Psalm 100 on my patio this morning, coffee in hand, as a redbird nonchalantly strips the needle-like leaves from the rosemary in my herb garden. “For the Lord is good; God’s steadfast love endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.” In a flash,...
Aug 31, 2015 | A Monday Devotional
“O Lord, you God of vengeance . . . give to the proud what they deserve! . . . Repay them for their iniquity and wipe them our for their wickedness; the Lord our God will wipe them out!”–Psalm 94:1-2, 23 The “imprecatory” parts of the Psalms tend to make us...
Aug 24, 2015 | A Monday Devotional
“It is good to sing praise to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High.” Remember gratitude journals? You were supposed to list five thankfuls each night. Penning the day’s gifts focused us on the blessings in our lives–rather than what had gone...
Aug 17, 2015 | A Monday Devotional
“For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is past . . . so teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart.”–Psalm 90:4 Lately, I have felt rushed off my feet. Deadlines are pressing, children’s summer schedules need managing,...
