Category: Devotions
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Book Review: Cherished Gifts
As the mother of three, I’ve picked up quite a few devotional books for moms over the years. So when I started reading Cherished Gifts by Katie Martin, I was expecting much of the same. But this is not your average devotional. It is filled with anecdotes and experiences—some funny, some poignant—that any mother can…
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Scribbles Into a Masterpiece
Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails. (Proverbs 19:21) My refrigerator is an art gallery flaunting my daughter’s artwork to anyone in pursuit of a snack. With determination in her furrowed brow, she spends hours each day creating new masterpieces for the gallery. One day, after…
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Endless Questions
“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. (Psalm 46:10,11) My daughter is an expert question asker. Because I am often short on patience with her curiosity, my…
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Today, I Am Not
“Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!” (John 8:58) My day began with a dropped mug and hot coffee splattered from one end of the kitchen to the other. It continued with my child’s full-fledged temper tantrum in the frozen food aisle that resulted in my publicly conspicuous exit…
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Easter Sunday Devotion
Easter Joy Over Sins Forgiven In that day you will say: “I will praise you, O LORD. Although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me.” (Isaiah 12:1) Above all the Sundays in the Christian calendar, this one stands alone as the greatest day of joy for Christians.…
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Good Friday Devotion
Rejoice! The King Comes to Proclaim Peace He will proclaim peace to the nations. (Zechariah 9:10) It was a very short sentence. It’s actually one word in the Greek language. The person uttering that sentence was in the throes of death, but he rallied his strength to cry out so that someone could have heard…