I have been a fan of Jill Briscoe for many years and enjoy her daily devotionals. I like how she has taken Psalm 23 and talks about how it's frequently used to comfort those who mourn.
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Uncharted Waters
April 16, 2024
As I was tapping away on my laptop, the ring of my cell phone was startling. Dr. Fong was on the other end of the line. I had been waiting for the results of a specialized MRI completed a few days earlier. We had played phone tag the previous day and because he had not tried harder to reach me after-hours, I was not concerned. But the words “I wasn’t expecting this” and “referring you to a neuro-oncology subspecialist” had me listening more intently and sitting a bit straighter in my chair, scribbling as quickly as I could to write down the information.
Without Hesitation
April 9, 2024
Working through devotional questions related to 1 Kings 17, two verses captured my attention... So he went and did according to the word of the Lord. So he arose and went to Zarephath. —I Kings 17:5, 10 Without question, Elijah trusted God and, without hesitation, obeyed. Rather than continuing to read the miraculous account of the jars of flour and oil remaining full until the drought ended, the Holy Spirt pushed pause in my soul. It was like the cloud had metaphorically stopped in the sky above me and the Father whispered, “Camp here for a while”. I heard a question rise within me, “Why? Why did Elijah do what he was commanded so willingly, so quickly, seemingly so easily?”
The Deep Trust of a True Shepherd: Part 2
March 26, 2024
Yahweh’s instruction to Abram was clear, as was the remarkable promise... The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you. I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.” — Genesis 12:1-3 Abram chose to trust, and he obeyed God... without question. One would be hard-pressed not to be challenged by the thought of that level of obedience to such a call. Even if God made the same promise to me that He made to Abram would I leave my neatly appointed home in a safe corner of the world, my grown children and their children, and set out for an unknown place? Without question? In full obedience? Or would my response sound more like this...