DEVOTION:Psalm 121:8 — “The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.”
THOUGHT:
Good Sunday morning, church family. This morning Nancy and I, along with the Grosu's are still in Ireland. Later today we will leave the west coast and begin making our way back toward Dublin. Then, later this week, Lord willing, we will make the much longer journey home. We have had a wonderful time, beyond our imaginations before we left. . We have seen beautiful places, met wonderful people, and made memories that I know we will carry with us for many years.
But there is something about getting closer to the end of a trip that makes you begin thinking about home. Your own bed starts sounding pretty good! You begin thinking about the people you miss, the familiar places, the routines you left behind, and all those ordinary things you probably didn't think much about before you left.
Maybe that's one of the gifts of going away for a while. Sometimes we have to step away from our ordinary lives to realize just how blessed those ordinary lives really are. The Psalmist tells us, “The Lord will watch over your coming and going.” I love that. God is with us in the going, and He is with us in the coming home.
And really, isn't much of life like that? We are always coming and going. Things change. Seasons change. People come into our lives and sometimes they leave. There are beginnings and endings, hellos and goodbyes. But through all of it, God remains.
So this morning, from Ireland, I am thankful for this journey Nancy and I have been able to take. But I am also becoming very thankful for the journey home—for family, friends, our church family, and even the ordinary routines waiting for us. Maybe today is a good day for all of us to look around at the ordinary things and ordinary people God has placed in our lives and simply say, “Thank You, Lord.”
Sometimes we don't realize just how blessed home is until we've been away from it for a while.
PRAYER:
Almighty and Holy God thank you for the creation You have made. We thank You for this beautiful day for it is the Day You have mde. Thank You for the places we go, the people we meet, and the memories we make. And thank You for home. Watch over Nancy and me as we begin our journey back, and watch over our church family until we are together again. Help all of us to be thankful for the simple blessings You give us every day. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Psalm 121:8 — “The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.”
THOUGHT:
Good Sunday morning, church family. This morning Nancy and I, along with the Grosu's are still in Ireland. Later today we will leave the west coast and begin making our way back toward Dublin. Then, later this week, Lord willing, we will make the much longer journey home. We have had a wonderful time, beyond our imaginations before we left. . We have seen beautiful places, met wonderful people, and made memories that I know we will carry with us for many years.
But there is something about getting closer to the end of a trip that makes you begin thinking about home. Your own bed starts sounding pretty good! You begin thinking about the people you miss, the familiar places, the routines you left behind, and all those ordinary things you probably didn't think much about before you left.
Maybe that's one of the gifts of going away for a while. Sometimes we have to step away from our ordinary lives to realize just how blessed those ordinary lives really are. The Psalmist tells us, “The Lord will watch over your coming and going.” I love that. God is with us in the going, and He is with us in the coming home.
And really, isn't much of life like that? We are always coming and going. Things change. Seasons change. People come into our lives and sometimes they leave. There are beginnings and endings, hellos and goodbyes. But through all of it, God remains.
So this morning, from Ireland, I am thankful for this journey Nancy and I have been able to take. But I am also becoming very thankful for the journey home—for family, friends, our church family, and even the ordinary routines waiting for us. Maybe today is a good day for all of us to look around at the ordinary things and ordinary people God has placed in our lives and simply say, “Thank You, Lord.”
Sometimes we don't realize just how blessed home is until we've been away from it for a while.
PRAYER:
Almighty and Holy God thank you for the creation You have made. We thank You for this beautiful day for it is the Day You have mde. Thank You for the places we go, the people we meet, and the memories we make. And thank You for home. Watch over Nancy and me as we begin our journey back, and watch over our church family until we are together again. Help all of us to be thankful for the simple blessings You give us every day. In Jesus' name, Amen.