Let’s Read This
Read: 2 Kings 22:3-13 And Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the Lord.” And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. (v. 8) This terrifying announcement came over the elementary school intercom, “Teachers keep your students in […]
Tossed by the Waves
Read: Ephesians 4:1-16 [God] gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers . . . so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. (v. 11, 14) Despite being a […]
Changed into Something Better
Read: 1 Corinthians 15:50-58 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. (v. 51) I enjoy listening to Christian music. Over the years I have accumulated a large collection of CDs. It was a sad day when my old multi-CD player stopped working. I thought I […]
Are You Really Listening?
Read: Matthew 13:1-9 [Jesus said], “He who has ears, let him hear.” (v. 9) Sometimes not being able to understand what someone says can be quite hilarious, like when my parents, aunt, and I rode a shuttle bus through Zion National Park in southwestern Utah. Our driver told us about another drive we could take […]
Carved In
Read: Isaiah 49:14-18 Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. (v. 16) After I told a friend that Words of Hope had agreed to publish my autobiography, she immediately said that she wanted a signed copy. Knowing my disability makes it difficult for me to write my name, she bought me […]
Finally, Face-to-Face
Read: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. (v. 17) After over two decades of exchanging letters, emails, devotionals, and drafts of my autobiography, I felt like I knew the Words of Hope staff, […]
The Right Prescription
Read: John 21:15-23 Jesus said to him, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!” (v. 22) A few years ago, I noticed that I couldn’t read as well as I used to, so I went to the eye doctor. Her first suggestion was […]
Drink More Water
Read: John 4:1-26 On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’” (John 7:37-38) “You need to drink more […]
Jonah’s Prayer of Complaint
Read: Jonah 4 O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster. Therefore now, O Lord, […]