It is a glorious day! Thank You, Great Creator of the Universe, for Your wonderful gift! ******** One of the oddest things triggered a memory for me today on my bus. After asking for a tissue, one of my kindergartners asked to...
Read MoreThank You, Father, for Your direction throughout my day. Help me, through every day, to seek Your guidance and reflect You in all I say and do. Amen. ******** I’ve had a song stuck in my head since last Saturday! I even listened...
Read MoreFather, I would ask that You enable me to focus on You and not on myself. More of You, and less of me. Amen. Romans 12:9-13 (<<click here to read the passage) Back when I was a wee lad, in the early 1970s, one of...
Read MoreIt has been a very busy day with a 5th-grade trip to the county fairgrounds and a softball team trip to a destination a little over an hour away. Father, I would ask that You would get us safely home and that the words You want...
Read MoreI am grateful, Father, for the progress I made on this Sunday’s sermon. It still needs some work, but as I listen to You, it will be what You need it to be for those who hear it. Bless Your Holy Name! 1 Thessalonians 3:11-13...
Read MoreAn excerpt from Christ Is All of The Valley of Vision: Thou hast loved me everlastingly, unchangeably, ….may I love thee as I am loved; Thou hast given thyself for me, ….may I give myself to thee; Thou hast died for me, ….may I...
Read MoreA day of blessings, Father! Nothing out of the ordinary but we were together and were pretty productive. Family and love – some of the greatest blessings to have! Acts 20:31-38 (<<click here to read the passage) I have...
Read MoreCutting wood on Saturday was productive but, Father, my body is so feeling it today. Little sleep doesn’t help a bit, either. Despite it all, may I clearly hear You speaking to me. Amen. John 2:23-25 (<<click here to read...
Read MoreIt was a challenging day with all the ice and snow, Father, but thank You for Your watchcare over all the bus drivers and others driving to and from school today. Keep us in the hollow of Your hand. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ From a very early...
Read MoreFather, I paid my final respects to an old friend today. I was a face in the crowd but he was a faithful servant of Yours in all aspects of his life and it was the least I could do. I am sure You welcomed him home with...
Read MoreFather, as I come to sit with You this early evening, I would ask that You give me clarity of mind that it might not be swayed by distractions but be focused wholly on You. May my spiritual ears be attuned to Your word. Amen....
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