Corona Devotionals

The other day I was repairing a wooden statue with some super glue. Super glue is dangerous ! But I was very careful, and I took my time and great care to glue both broken pieces back on, and viola! It looked great. I hadn't dripped any glue anywhere, and I breathed a sigh of relief, because the statue looked good and I didn't have any superglue mishaps. I rested in the satisfaction of both of these things for a moment, as I admired the glued and repaired project. But when I brought my attention back to real life, I screamed! My fingers were glued together! For a moment, I (completely) panicked as I tried to separate the stuck-fingers and pictured what life would be like with a conjoined middle and ring finger. And then...they gave way, and separated. Freedom! Thank You, Lord! ~~~ Sin is like that. Sometimes, like wet superglue, we can slide so easily into sin that it doesn't even feel like sin. We don't notice...or if we do, it is not in monumental ways, an...

A+B=C It's very simple, really. People ask about God and how to find Him. We wonder how we will "know" if we actually (truly) "know" the Lord. (How DO we know? CAN we know? ) We sure can. People that don't know the Lord may think that He is ambiguous or hard to know. (A+B= ?). But people that know the Lord know that the opposite is true. (A+B=C). There is an order to all things, and there is an order to knowing God. He has spoken directly to us through His Word (the Bible). Within the Bible God gives us direction... His commands . Do we know God's commands ? Do we keep them? ... THAT'S how we know that we have come to know Him. It's an easy equation. (A+B=C). We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. (4) Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. (5) But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we kno...

The longest Psalm in the Bible is 119 .  It's long, but in reading it...I know why everything is in it.  It's everything we feel, we fear, we seek, we need. What are we feeling today?  What are we facing today?  Psalm 119 covers it.   Praise.   Oh, how I love your law!    I meditate on it all day long.  ~Psalm 119:97 Sorrow.   My soul is weary with sorrow;  strengthen me according to your word.  ~Psalm 119:28 Acknowledging of the Almighty.   Your word,   Lord , is eternal;   it stands firm in the heavens.  ( 90)  Your faithfulness   continues through all generations;  you established the earth, and it endures.  ( 91)  Your laws endure   to this day,  for all things serve you.  ~Psalm 119:89-91 Gratitude.    How sweet are your words to my taste,  sweeter than honey to my mouth!  ~Psalm 119:103 Beseeching. ...

By nature and even by nurture (I am like my mom)--I am a fan of junk-food.  I'm drawn to the saltiness of chips and popcorn, and I also thoroughly enjoy the sugary-sweet of pastries and desserts.  I know  that these things are not good for me, but too often I don't do the research or make the effort to make healthier life-decisions. But the other day, I had something dee-lish and healthy: spaghetti squash!   (By the time it is cooked)--spaghetti squash looks, acts, and can be served like pasta...but it's not a gluten, not a carbohydrate...it's a vegetable (squash), and so:  it's good for us!        I often prefer my pasta with (just) butter, salt and pepper, and let me tell you : spaghetti squash is excellent  that way!  (Yes, I am still ingesting unhealthy butter, but I am having it atop a vegetable instead of a carb!) And if you are a marinara (red sauce) fan--spaghetti squash melds remarkably well with sauce and tastes rela...