Christian Devotionals and Scripture Applied to Everyday Life

Have you ever noticed how things have a tendency to fall apart? Let's take our house for example. Regardless of how new something may be, things still regularly seem to break or fall into disrepair.

The well-known teacher and pastor, Erwin Lutzer, once said, "The deeper we go with God, the lower we are able to go with service."

"How am I supposed to know how to do this?" My frustration was building as I sat in front of the computer and stared with glassy eyes at the screen. I had been trying to set up a new program which seemed so simple to do when I googled and printed off the "Easy as 1, 2, 3 . . ." instructions. But, as usual, I had run into a glitch, and now my disheveled hair and mascara-stained eyes gave evidence to the vexation I was feeling at my loss of any further direction.

Every once in a while we all need a little encouragement. No matter how good life is there will always be days when we wake up to raindrops pelting the window pane. The persistent pounding drives us under the covers, drenching our desire to "get up and go." If only a ray of sunshine would smile through the clouds, our motivation to brave the weather would be revived.

Often you can tell where someone has been or what they have been doing from the scent they bring with them.

In this fast paced world there are not many opportunities to be alone. It seems we are always rushing off to the next activity with all the bluster of a whirlwind blowing autumn leaves from a tree. Even when we do capture a few solitary moments, it is usually punctuated by beeps and dings from our digital devices.