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Laura Sweet

Laura N. Sweet is a wife, mother, grandmother, and former Christian school teacher from Midland, Michigan. She writes devotional material for both adults and children, and her work has appeared in more than a dozen publications.
Devotionals

Asaph’s Epiphany

Read: Psalm 73:15-28 . . . until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end. (v. 17) As a young mother, I overextended myself with different

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A Troubling Comparison

Read: Psalm 73:1-14 For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. (v. 3) One of my favorite old sayings is “he can’t see

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What We Can’t Control

Read: Ecclesiastes 9:1-12 The righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of God. (v. 1) Three years ago, we came back from our August camping trip

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Work, Wisdom, and Weariness

Read: Ecclesiastes 2:9-20 Then I considered all that my hands had done . . . and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind. (v. 11) My gardening article

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A Picture of Weariness

Read: Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it. (v. 8) The Oxford English Dictionary defines weariness as “extreme tiredness; fatigue; reluctance to see or

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The God of the Weary

Read: Isaiah 40:25-31 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. (v. 29 NIV) What hinders believers the most in our walk with God? Is

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Dinner with Jesus

Read: Revelation 3:14-22 If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. (v. 20) Recently we

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Breakfast on the Beach

Read: John 21:1-14 Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” . . . They knew it was the Lord. (v. 12) Can you picture the scene? Sunrise on the

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Known to Them

Read: Luke 24:25-35 He was known to them in the breaking of the bread. (v. 35) When my late father-in-law led us in prayer, he would often add this thought:

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