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What if there is something far, far more certain than death and taxes – something that runs so deep and sure and everywhere that the hardest thing you’ll ever face can’t even dampen it?
“Flood waters can’t extinguish love. . . .” Song of Solomon 8:7
Lord, please don’t let me get so scared or busy or complacent today that I forget Your lovingkindness in which I live. From Acts 17:28
When your boat is low in the water, it helps to practice remembering that you are accompanied (which leads to thank-you).
“I am continually with You. . . .” Psalm 73:23
“I will give thanks. . . .” 2 Samuel 22:50
There are always a lot of distractions. That’s why, in every conversation, it’s important to decide at the outset whether the person you’re with is more important.
“[I]t is better to be unavailable than inattentive.” Adele Ahlberg Calhoun
“Always be eager to practice hospitality.” Romans 12:13
If you’re always carrying yesterday’s wrongs, you’re treating wrongs as part of you. God doesn’t.
“As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.” Psalm 103:12
Father, please show me how I look through Your gracious eyes.
It’s important to take good care of yourself. Otherwise, you’ll only have ragged leftovers to offer to others.
“Self-care . . . is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer to others.” Parker Palmer
“[B]e generous.” 2 Corinthians 9:11
When you rush through a meal, you don’t really taste it and see it. Minutes are the same way.
“[W]e rush from the past to the future. The present moment becomes a crack between what we did and what we have yet to do.” Adele Ahlberg Calhoun
Lord, I don’t want to miss the goodness of today. Please teach me to taste it and see it. From Psalm 34:8
