3-Minute Devotions
For your busy lifestyle, the 3-Minute Devotions category may be just what you need to fuel your morning, or as a “snack.” We try to keep the word count to around 400. Enjoy!
Through the Fire
So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while. These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world. ~1 … Continue reading →
A New Family
A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families. ~Psalm 68:5-6 NIV After my horse Frank’s mother died, he was very lonely. He needed a new family. Frank and his mother had spent ten years together and formed their own family unit. Now, she was gone, and he was alone. He moped about for weeks and seemed to lose all interest in life. When let out of the … Continue reading →
Cheer Up the Lonely
Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you. ~James 1:27 NLT Their faces told their stories. Some had adapted well, but loneliness ate at others. Some resided there because family members didn’t want to care for them. Doing so would have inconvenienced their lives. Others had outlived all their family members and had none to care for them. And still … Continue reading →
Rocks in My Pockets
Carrying My Children’s Rocks I remember my kids giving me things to hold for them when they were little—among them, rocks. They would find little rocks they thought were special. Whenever I unloaded the rocks in my pockets and the other treasures they’d entrusted to me, I smiled. These provided little glimpses into their hearts, things I got to carry to make their lives more joyful or the journey less of a struggle for them. Handling Responsibilities As they got older, though, … Continue reading →
The Speeding Ticket
Casting all your care on Him: for He cares for you. ~1 Peter 5:7 NKJV The reflection of blue lights flashed in my rear-view mirror. Embarrassed, I pulled over. I just knew the speeding ticket would be next. The Offense “Ma’am, can you explain why you were speeding?” “I wasn’t paying attention.” Not knowing my speed was no excuse. I was responsible for operating my vehicle safely. The officer ticketed me, and I went my way. When I got … Continue reading →