Under God’s Control

Sunday’s Reflection GUIDING GOD, I desire to live in meekness before you this day. I understand that to be meek is not to be weak but rather to be under your control. You have created every person with amazing potential, but that power in human hands turns into a problem and a pain. Only in [...]

Prayer at Bedtime

Saturday’s Reflection PRAYER AT BEDTIME (often called Compline) is for the purpose of relinquishing the day to God and asking for God’s care as we sleep. We close the door and place all things, including ourselves, in God’s hands. . . . There’s no better way to end the day than confident of our safety [...]

Noontime Prayer

Friday’s Reflection NOONTIME PRAYER gives us the occasion to pray for those things that happened in the morning, as well as to seek grace to face the things that are yet to come. In the early church, Wednesdays and Fridays were set aside as days to fast during the noon hour. . . . Pray [...]

Awakening Prayer

Thursday’s Reflection PRAYER UPON AWAKENING has always been part of Christian devotion. We center our early attention on God. We thank God for giving us another day to live, and we ask the Holy Spirit to guide us in the living of it. We recommit ourselves to be instruments of God’s peace. Prayers upon awakening [...]

In Sickness and in Health

Wednesday’s Reflection From the first time you meet Jim and Nancy, you know they have been sweethearts for a very long time. A former athlete, he is a gentleman who still opens the door for her. She is a beauty whose eyes twinkle at the sight of him. They met in college and have been [...]

Active Peace

Tuesday’s Reflection LIFE OVERWHELMS US at times. We find it challenging to maneuver through the chaos the world imposes so that we might see the order God intends for our lives. Yet God’s intention is wholeness and peace. Peace is not the absence of chaos but the ability to persevere and thrive in the midst [...]

God’s Future for You

Monday’s Reflection WHEN MY HUSBAND was 55, his job was eliminated. After raising a family and reaching middle age, we were finally able to enjoy some financial freedom and the joys of independence. I was even trying on the idea of a new career and exciting changes. Then my husband lost his job, and my [...]

Attitude of Gratitude

Sunday’s Reflection “The sacrifice that honors me is a thankful heart” (Psalm 50:23a, CEV) I TRULY ENJOY serving people in impoverished communities. In fact, I wrote this devo[tion] on my way home from Mexico, where i volunteered at an orphanage for handicapped children. I learned a great deal from these orphans who had very little. [...]

A Prayer of Trust

Saturday’s Reflection O Holy One, be with me in my uncertainty, my confusion.I hardly know which way to turn, yet my heart in expectation turns to you.Somehow I know — I trust — that you honor my willingness, because it’s all I have right now.Even if I make a misstep and stumble, I trust your [...]

Dealing with Loss

Friday’s Reflection LOSING SOMEONE SIGNIFICANT involves a loss to the body as well. Loss is a physical experience. The body has ways of knowing that seem to ignore the mind and heart. In the early years after my first wife died, I found myself becoming distressed in the springtime (near the anniversary of her death). [...]

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