What makes humility so desirable in the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for the closest possible intimacy with God.
From 1 Peter 5:5-6: “And all of you must clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for ‘God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.’ Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you in due time.”
Monica Baldwin (1893-1975) was a British writer.
Autumn’s fading peace
Winter’s renewing lease
One lonely snowflake
More coming at daybreak
Sky fills with more snow
Sunshine, morning’s no-show
Snow’s depth keeps growing
Wind wakes up, now blowing
Light powder sifting
Definitely drifting
Traffic hurries home
Under low-pressure dome
Drivers surrender
With each fender bender
Life’s pace slowing down
Snowstorm parks, all around
Forecast calls for more
Snowplows called out to war
Surfing waves of white
Under wintry twilight
Empty classrooms sleep
Children shall never weep
Nighttime dreams complete
Will tomorrow repeat?
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As one season transitions into another, the harmony expressed reminds each of us to discover such rhythm in our own lives.
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(Updated February 1)
Savor the moments that are warm and special and giggly.
You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.
Sammy Davis Jr. (1925-1990) was an American singer, dancer, and actor.
From Romans 5:1-2: “Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God.”
Observing man’s life without light
Sending grace from heaven to earth
Darkness to be vanquished outright
Harboring Spirit finds its berth
Witnessing Savior’s final task
Hanging from deadly, Roman tree
Filled with anguish, mercy unmasks
Taking man’s place, evil now flees
Sharing destiny’s greatest love
Bending God’s will upon one Son
Redemption designed from above
Breathing His last, mission now done
Seeing heaven’s eternal light
Descending upon empty tomb
Victory over sin takes flight
Overcoming enemy’s doom
From Romans 5:8-9: “But God proves His love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us. Much more surely, therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, will we be saved through Him from the wrath of God.”
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When we truly believe in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, we embrace destiny’s greatest love.
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(Updated January 31)
Keep your soul fit to manifest the life of the Son of God. Never live on memories; let the Word of God be always living and active in you.
From 2 Corinthians 4:11: “For we who are living are always being handed over to death for Jesus’s sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal flesh.”
Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) was a Scottish evangelist and Christian teacher. Following his death from an illness while in Egypt during World War I, his wife took on the task of transcribing the detailed notes she had written from his lectures and sermons. Gertrude Hobbs Chambers’ efforts resulted in the publication in 1924 of MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST. I frequently read from this devotional, and it has greatly deepened my faith and understanding of God’s Word.
Emotions boiling
Hate-filled rhetoric building—
Where has reason gone?
Mankind’s fading peace
Far too many emotions—
Bleeding in silence
Hope in tomorrow
Listening to each other—
Emotions stand down
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Faith acts as a bulwark against the erosion of one’s emotions.
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(Updated January 30)
In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest.
No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.
William Penn (1644-1718) was an English writer and religious thinker. This influential Quaker founded the province of Pennsylvania in the American colonies under British rule.
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