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Devotional Memoir

A parent’s cry

“Children are a blessing from the Lord.” 

Truly. Absolutely. Our lives are enriched beyond measure by our three. 

But there were days, of course. In the early years of parenting. When those blessings were standing on my last nerve. 

These three. We love them so! (photo: Jonas Photo, Bandung, 2007)
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Devotional Making Disciples

Living in the unprecedented

Today is the day. Yes, today. While panic swirls in the atmosphere. Surging through conversations and broadcasts and social media. As a global pandemic  postpones, cancels, locks down.

Today is the day. To remember what is true. And focus on the lifeblood of this walk by faith. The only way we live and breathe and have our being.

Jesus invites us. Right in the middle of the normal and the upside down. Whether we’re walking through the ordinary or the unprecedented.

Abide in the Vine. Photo: Paul Lucyk, Unsplash
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Devotional Making Disciples

Habit

The habit takes me to the necessary. Wherever we are and whatever state of settled or unsettled we may be in. 

Through the scattered parts of transition or life in general, it’s a habit that orders my day.  Puts priority in its proper place.

This habit, shaped and established over the years, has shaped and established me. It is daily focused time with the Lord. A discipline that keeps me abiding in Christ through prayer and the Word.

The morning views have varied through the years. This was one of my favorites.