Last night before bed we did our usual reading from the children’s Bible, prayer, and song. The reading last night talked about how Jesus had twelve men called disciples who followed him and learned from him. It would be easy for me and my children to think that Jesus had 12 disciples and that was [...]
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Pressing In
I’m reading through Luke these days.
This morning I read about the crowd “pressing in on Jesus to hear the word of God” (5:1) and thought about how that ought to be the case with me each morning. It isn’t, but as I read on I found myself wanting to “press in on him” more [...]
Lincoln on Thanksgiving and Orphans
We had a great day yesterday with friends celebrating Thanksgiving. There is much to be thankful for!
Before we feasted our host read Lincoln’s Proclamation of Thanksgiving. This part especially struck me near the end:
And I recommend to them that…they do also, with humble penitence for our national
perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender [...]
