**Help us, LORD, to bloom where we are planted and make the most of our present walk, realizing where we are You are there also. Remind us when we cannot see You, feel You, perceive You, You are there. And, where You are, there You are working out Your plan for good, for shalom. Help us to seek You with all our hearts for then You will open up our eyes to see the extent of Your presence and Your p...  Read More

In reading the prophets of old, O Lord, it becomes very clear that You have placed before all people the choice of life or death. How strange that so many choose that wide path Jesus talked about that leads to destruction when the choice seems clear. Today, Lord, we choose life! We love You! We cling to You! We walk in Your Way! For, You, O Lord, are our Hope, our Salvation, our Life!...  Read More

Gentle Shepherd, Good Shepherd, come and lead us through this day. As we walk this path of life, may we be aware of Your presence, hear Your voice, go where You lead, receive Your correction, and be still in Your presence by the refreshing waters of Life. May we trust You in the valley and climb with You to the heights. May we enjoy the feast of Your bounty even when we are facing mighty oppositio...  Read More

Thank You, our Father, for the simple reminder that to love You is to love others, to care about what matters to You is to live rightly and justly in relationship to others. In every opportunity You give us to live in relationship, may we be our best for others as we seek to be our best for You....  Read More

Jeremiah 18:5-10Have thine own way, Lord! Have thine own way!Thou art the potter, I am the clay.Mold me and make me after thy will,while I am waiting, yielded and still.Have thine own way, Lord! Have thine own way!Hold o'er my being absolute sway.Fill with thy Spirit till all shall seeChrist only, always, living in me!"Have Thine Own Way" (Adelaide Pollard, written in 1906)...  Read More

This phrase from our Jeremiah reading today called for reflection: "we bear Your name" (Jeremiah 14:9; 15:16). It brought to mind Sunday's sermon by Pastor Deserea calling us to love Your way as 'imitators of God' (we bear Your name) who are Christians ('little Christ' - we bear Your name). Today, may we be conscious of how we bear this grace-filled Family resemblance filled with glorious hope, ca...  Read More