by Starr | Dec 2, 2020 | Devotions, Joy Bombs
“He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted . . . to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes.” ―Isaiah 61:1, 3, NIV Ashley brought this ornament home several years ago. She made the four snowmen with her fingerprints to represent our small family. I thought...
by Starr | Nov 22, 2020 | Devotions
“Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. –Hebrews 10:24-25, NIV When was the last...
by Starr | Jul 15, 2020 | Devotions
“The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught. Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, ‘Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.’ So...
by Starr | May 27, 2020 | Bringing Life into Focus, Devotions
“For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.” —Romans 1:20, NLT Are you...
by Starr | Feb 19, 2020 | Devotions
“So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the nation avenged itself on its enemies, as it is written in the Book of Jashar. The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.” —Joshua 10:13, NIV As events close in, deadlines...
by Starr | Jan 10, 2020 | Devotions
“Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.” Psalm 37:5, KJV I’m still. The room is silent—except for the steady ticking of a large clock on the wall above our sofa. Tick-tock. Tick-tock. Tick-tock. With each movement of the second...
