desiring God … listening, waiting
Tuesday, March 14, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) The weight of unforgiveness You wicked servant! I forgave you your entire debt because you begged me to. Should you not have had pity on your fellow servant as I had pity on you? Then in anger his master handed him...
Posted on Mar 13, 2023
Monday, March 13, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Trudging through the hill country They rose up, drove him out of the town and led him to the brow of the hill to hurl him down headlong. But Jesus passed through the midst of them and went away. Shusaku Endo,...
Third Sunday of Lent, March 12, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Forty years of pilgrimage In those days, in their thirst for water, the people grumbled against Moses, saying “Why did you ever make us leave Egypt? Was it just to have us die here of thirst, with our...
Saturday, March 11, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Choose life Shepherd the people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance. As in the days when you came from the land of Egypt, show us wonderful signs. Sheryl’s dad calls it the “Dead button.” Before 10 am he has...
Friday, March 10, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) The name of action Here is a parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenants and went on a...
Thursday March 9, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Grandma Dot Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. She will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes;...
Posted on Mar 08, 2023
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Magnificent drop in the bucket Must good be repaid with evil? Every lectionary text today describes victory of evil over good. Like Joseph, Jeremiah is thrown into a cistern and left to die. David is fleeing from Saul, in spite of...
Tuesday, March 7, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Settling into obedience Come now, let us set things right, says the Lord. Though your sins be like scarlet, they may become white as snow. Lore Ferguson Wilbert wrote a book about the power of touch in our lives. It came...
Monday, March 6, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Jesus is in my heart! Be merciful just as your heavenly Father is merciful. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give and gifts will be given to you: a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing will be poured into...
Second Sunday of Lent, March 5, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) God’s pleasure The Lord said to Abram, “Go forth!” And Abram went. He gathered his family and belongings and set out. He was a rich man, and he took with him thousands of animals. He did this for...
