As we get to springtime, we know construction season is upon us. Roads need repair and in some cases must be closed entirely. This requires some sort of detour. In those case, it may provide a mild inconvenience. Other times, it can be quite substantial. In life, there are also times when you are thrown off your route. How would you respond? What might be an inconvenience may in reality might be an opportunity. Today’s devotion is about one such story where a major detour changed history …

The one who spoke and created everything is still able to speak into your life and make it whole. Like the centurion…. You just need faith to ask Jesus to say the word!

We were all given rights. Some of us may have been greater advantages in comparison to others. I know my youngest daughter had lots of things that my oldest one did not. There are times I wonder if she truly understands just how much she got. Today’s devotion resembles that spirt in that there is something we have that we take for granted …

Rage does not sound good. It feels out of control and almost like an out of body experience. No one wants to experience that. However, what if it was not like that at all? What if this rage was controlled? Furthermore, what if it was in response to something to help us survive? Today’s devotion is about one of those instances where rage in fact is a good thing.

When growing up, we all had experiences when we did something and one of our parents looked at us and simply said, “That’s not good enough.” We often walked away frustrated mumbling to ourselves about how unrealistic an expectation they had. Of course, we always did more, and eventually, they were satisfied. How often do we hear that in our head today? Not those situations where we only have time to do so much, but when we do something and deep down know it was not enough? Here’s a story about when we are not doing enough and what to do about it …

Have you ever thought you had a clear understanding of something years ago only to have an entirely different view when you looked at it again? I once had a friend tell me the phrase ‘dually noted’ was correct until an English major corrected me to say, ‘duly noted.’ As we get older, life gets more complex not because we do not understand things. It’s because we do that challenges the way we used to think. That’s what growing is, and today’s devotion is about just that … growing …

Are there situations that always have you frustrated and upset? As a parent, it happens to me frequently. However, there is a balance I have found that keeps me calm even under the most trying of circumstances. This does not mean that I never get upset. It does mean there is something that kicks in when my buttons are pushed to help center my emotions. Today is about building that ‘something’ to keep anger from ruining things …

As a child, I was often reminded of how my behavior was not just reflective of me. It would frustrate me noting how can my actions have some bearing on her. I did it. Not her. But as I got older, I began to understand what bearing my actions had because as a parent, you know what you teach your child and the expectations you set. Today’s devotion is about how our actions and words have bearing on who Christ is in the world and even more importantly who we are …

We all have bad days. Some are worse than others and sometimes, bad days become bad weeks. You can seemingly find no good in it. However, we should always remember that the night is always darkest before dawn. Today’s devotion should remind us that there is always a dawn coming …

When we were children, we were often inquisitive about things. Why is the sky blue? Where do babies come from? When can I drive? Those are some of the common things we might ask. My father was a different kind of Dad. He almost never gave me an answer. He would simply say, “You figure it out.” It was frustrating back then. But oh, what a difference maturity makes. There are lots of things that we end up having to figure out. Today’s devotion is about one of those times, and shows how Jesus too has those father-like instincts when teaching us …