A Daily Devotion for Lent to Inspire your Journey and Deepen your Faith.
My current prayer board in my home office is crowded, jammed, overflowing, packed, and crammed, but it is not filled. Each week, I update the board and use it in my morning prayers. Collectively praying for those who need our prayers each day matters. And it helps me to have a visual prayer list. Who is on your prayer list this week?
Pray. Stay at home if you can. Flatten the curve. Take care of your family and your self. Be safe. Pray.
Shared by Marcie Doll
Mahalia Jackson’s version of I Come to the Garden Alone
Elvis Presley singing I Come to the Garden Alone
The Treble Chorus sings I Come to the Garden Alone
And I have to say my favorite version….
Shared by Marcie Doll
Earlier this week, the National Park Service posted these virtual hiking videos….you may get a chance to visit these spots, but right now, virtual will have to do.
Bryce Canyon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWbR6N5tYaQ
Devils Postpile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3Sf_EJcjws
Redwoods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74_BBhDMxkI
Grand Canyon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLaLmEW0hWg
Zion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jn0p9YpMCI
If you are looking for something different than a hike, the main site for the National Park Service is chock-full of resources and fun activities. https://www.nps.gov/index.htm
Come and let’s take a hike together!
Some say we must be tested
for COVID 19
yes, but let us say also we are being tested
by COVID 19
of what mettle we are, how brittle
a kettle cooked chip
an iron link binding us together
while keeping distance
do we know
no, we do not yet know
but moment by moment
we choose
what is set before us
scripture-googled ancient ago: Deuteronomy 30:19
one preposition, one conjunction, one word
making all the difference
in the contradictions in which we are held
which we must hold
Margaret Dimoplon
As I listened to the Dr. Bos sermon this Sunday from my living room couch, I thought how befitting the theme was during this trying time: “Hope in Uncertain Times”. He quoted Isaiah 41:10:
“Fear not, for I am with you,
be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.” (RSV)
As Christians, we are comforted by the fact that we have a place to go for any and all crises, including a health issue like the one we are presently battling with. That place is described in the word of God, which reminds us where to put our hope. This is a good time to remind ourselves that our hope is not in what we save or even in our physical health. Neither our financial status nor our current health status provides the source of our identity. Psalm 20:7 reminds us thus:
“Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God”.
Or, we might say,
“Some trust in our financial portfolio and some in our health status, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.”
We are also comforted by Psalm 27:1
The Lord is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid?
Shared by Agatha Pratt
