“LORD, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered — how fleeting my life is.” Psalm 39:4 (NLT) I wanted to crawl in a hole and hide. Somehow in the rush of my crazy busy schedule and all the demands on my time and attention, I found myself in a crowded airport,…
By Wendy Pope for Proverbs 31 Ministries May God strike me and kill me if even one man of his household is still alive tomorrow morning!” 1 Samuel 25:22 (NLT) “I’m going to let her have it!” My friend said she’d had enough with another friend’s gossip and lies. She asked me to read an email she’d composed to this woman, basically…
By Lysa Terkeurst for Proverbs31.org “You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.”Psalm 63:1 (NIV) I’m taking a break from having a quiet time. Because sometimes I can get in a rut. Even with good things. And having a…
They call us the microwave generation. We like things fast and quick. Meteoric rise in your career, extra fat pay check after a few years from graduation, married with kids before 35, the list is endless. We expect nothing but quick and fast results from all the seeds in our life and when this doesn’t happen- we say- why me!…
By Rachel Wojo for Proverbs 31.org “For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God? — the God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless.” Psalm 18:31-32 (ESV) The alarm would sound any minute. It was time. Time to open my eyes, sit up and face another day. I started the inner pep…
“She hurt me so I will hut her back”. “He was rude so I wont speak to him”. “He started a rumor about me so I will get him back”. We’ve all felt this way. We are only human after all. But I’ve learnt that the act of kindness or mercy is intentional. Rarely is it our first response to…
By for Proverbs 31 Ministries “But Shammah stood his ground in the middle of the field, defended it, and killed the Philistines. And the LORD brought about a great victory.” 2 Samuel 23:12 (ISV) Fall is one of my favorite times of the year — but not for familiar reasons, like cooler weather and colorful trees. I love fall because it’s football season!…
By Chrystal Evans Hurst for proverbs 31 Ministries Pray without ceasing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:17 (NASB) “BOYS!!! GO TO BED!” I yelled. Exhausted. That word describes how I felt in that moment and honestly … many other moments just like it for days. The boys were in their beds, giggling up a storm, and I knew if they didn’t go to sleep soon, we’d…
By Lysa Terkeurst for Proverbs 31.org He appointed twelve that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach and to have authority to drive out demons.” Mark 3:14-15 (NIV) I should have been happy. I knew it. I could have listed so many things for which I was thankful. So, what was this undercurrent of disappointment…
We strive for perfection. Neatly wrapped lives with well knotted bows. The only problem is we are less than perfect and so are our families, friends and people we interact with on a daily basis. Recently, I have come to realise that it is in the unsuspecting imperfect places that we find the perfect things. Today’s devotional from Proverbs 31 Ministry…
