Aug 10, 2015 | A Monday Devotional
“O Lord, God of my salvation, when, at night, I cry out in your presence, let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry.” -Psalm 88:1-2, NRSV I was raised as a petticoat-and-patent-leather little girl in the deep South. Sundays were for looking...
Aug 3, 2015 | A Monday Devotional
You, Lord, showed favor to your land; you restored the fortunes of Jacob. You forgave the iniquity of your people and covered all their sins. You set aside all your wrath and turned from your fierce anger.–Psalm 85:1-3 “Summer lasted a generation and then the...
Jul 27, 2015 | A Monday Devotional
“How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord of heavenly forces! My very being longs, even yearns, for the Lord’s courtyards. My heart and my body will rejoice out loud to the living God.” Psalm 84:1-2 “Better is a single day in your courtyards than a thousand days...
Jul 20, 2015 | A Monday Devotional
How I wish my people would listen to me!–Psalm 81:17 As the writer of the psalm shifts from praise to lament we are caught off guard. I think we’d be more comfortable if the lament appeared to come from the psalmist but here the writer dares to suggest that the...
Jul 13, 2015 | A Monday Devotional
Restore us, O God; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved.–Psalm 80:3 There was a time not so very long ago when my world had been turned upside down. I couldn’t fight my way out of the darkness. I tried to pull myself out of the abyss. I tried to...
Jul 6, 2015 | A Monday Devotional
” . . . until I entered God’s sanctuary.”–Psalm 73:17a It has been a dark season, and this morning is horrible. Every fiber of my being feels worthless. There is a heavy feeling of emptiness looming about, threatening to plunge me into the abyss. I...
