2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. (Colossians 3:2 CSB) Each day, each moment, we have a choice; set our minds on what is at our feet or what is in the heavens. We can look at our current situation and circumstances or we can look to God and to what … Read more

13 I am able to do all things through him[a] who strengthens me. (Philippians 4:13 CSB) How content with life are you right now? I think we often find it hard to find true and lasting contentment. We look at our situation and compare. Or we look at our circumstances and consider how they could … Read more

20 …But while the son was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. (Luke 15:20 CSB) We have all taken leave and gone astray. Be it in small ways or, like the prodigal son, we have gone … Read more

12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. (Psalm 103:12 CSB) Reread today’s scripture one more time before proceeding. How close is the east to the west? What is the distance between them? Unanswerable, right? In our finite mind we try to put a … Read more

14 For he knows what we are made of, remembering that we are dust. (Psalm 103:14 CSB) When I begin to think too highly of myself I harken back to this scripture. No matter how well I do in this life, how successful I might be, how loved, how self-important; I am but dust in … Read more