July 20 – Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
July 20 We’re all waiting with you, Annie — a lot of us remembering our own waiting. Two or three weeks before our due dates, we think, “It could be any time.” Every night I’d go to bed thinking, “Maybe it’ll be tonight.” And the due date comes and goes, and that contented little ball on the front of you doesn’t even give it a nod! It’ll come. You’ve been praying for a long time... Read More
July 19 – Psalm 37: 1-11, Philippians 4:6-7, Romans 8:28
So I’m thinking — heat and drought and grasshoppers. how do I, in practice, live with them and still live “above” them? I remember reading about a boy that they said was the first to actually survive rabies. When the reporter asked the staff at the hospital how they did it, they said they just dealt with each symptom as it came up. I can do that. Get up early and water what I can. Spray what I can. Ask God for what I... Read More
July 18 – Colossians 3:2
I didn’t want o get out of bed this morning. Every time I check, the forecast for the next week is 1 or 2 degrees higher. Now it’s up to 106-108 degrees. And the grasshoppers are destroying everything. Squash, corn, sweet potatoes. The peach tree and the lilac are completely defoliated, and they’re starting on the apricot. No! Not my apricot! But I did get up. And I went to church, which put my perspective back together... Read More
July 17 – John 4:14
It was kind of sad driving down to your place yesterday. Except for the irrigated ones, all the fields were stressed. And then you showed me the corn fields, acres and acres parched beyond recovery, not even good for ensilage. Without water, it can’t live. And without Water, we can’t Live. Annie, we HAVE Water, and there are people around us, dying because they don’t. Father, open our eyes to them before they’re beyond... Read More
July 16 – Psalm 78:5-7
The ducklings and guinea keets (wish I’d known that word for your shower!) came today, with a 6AM call from the post office! Each little beak or bill gets dipped individually in the water, so it will know where to go when it gets thirsty. Some drink then, some come back later when they’re thirsty, but they all know where the water is. So true of our own little ones. Psalm 78:5-7 He commanded our forefathers to teach their children so... Read More
July 15 – Psalm 1:3
Psalm 1:3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. All day long I’m pouring water from three hoses just to keep things alive. But if they were planted by streams of water, I wouldn’t have to water them, and my trees wouldn’t be just surviving, but thriving. The difference is where you’re planted. You can grow in other places,... Read More
June 26 – Proverbs 16:24
Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. I’ve wondered (with hope!) if this could be literally true, and if the “soul” and “bones” are those of the speaker or of the hearer, or both. But, no matter what the answers are, it’s a real incentive to have pleasant words. Sweet, healing words. A balm for the world around you. To catch up on previous days, click here.... Read More
June 25 – Ephesians 5:19
Ephesians 5:19 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. I have to admit that the first part of this conjures up some funny scenarios! And I’m not exactly sure how to put it into practice…… but it IS one way the Bible tells us how we ARE to speak! But practicing the second... Read More
June 24 – Philippians 4:8
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think about such things. Well, if what we say begins with what’s in our hearts, then thinking about all these “such things” might improve what’s in our hearts, right? You know what the list reminds me of? The Book of... Read More
June 23 – Ephesians 4:29
Ephesians 4:29 Amp Let no foul or polluting language, nor evil word, nor unwholesome or worthless talk [ever] come out of your mouth; but only such [speech] as is good and beneficial to the spiritual progress of others, as is fitting to the need and the occasion, that it may be a blessing and give grace (God’s favor) to those who hear it. I debated about sending you the amplified version of this, hoping the amplification wouldn’t actually... Read More
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