Yesterday morning, on Mother’s Day, I woke up thinking about Herta Schmidt. She is a minor character in the Gott Mit Uns Series, yet her role in The Prodigal Sons is significant. She is the grandmother of main character, Jakob Schmidt, as a result of her husband Bernhardt’s continual lengthy absences, the matriarch of theContinue reading “Characters Part 3: Seeking Forgiveness with Herta Schmidt”
Category Archives: Devotionals
What Do We Do With Our Pain?
“I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living!”—Psalm 27:13 (ESV) Perhaps you’ve read the Bible story about Job. He was a godly man who was taken through horrible, seemingly inexplicable suffering. Yet in the end, he not only received much more than he’d had before,Continue reading “What Do We Do With Our Pain?”
Good Friday
As I sit at my computer, my hand is swollen and typing is uncomfortable. After lecturing my kids about the far-reaching consequences of sin and stupid choices, I am bearing the brunt of my own. For someone like me, who spent years struggling to make decisions simply out of fear of making the wrong one,Continue reading “Good Friday”
Devotionals for the Heart: Why we should go where God leads us
This is my latest offering on Author Alexis Goring’s devotional blog, Devotionals for the Heart: http://capturingtheidea.blogspot.com/2023/03/devotionals-for-heart-why-we-should-go.html
God With Us
I’ve had the pleasure of caroling twice this season, as well as doing Christmas music at church, leading the children’s choir, and singing in a choir full of wonderful senior citizens who have become my Opas and Omas (maybe I’d call a few of them Onkel and Tante, since I myself am now in myContinue reading “God With Us”
Of Babies and Bathwater
We’ve all heard that saying, “Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.” Too often in my life, I’ve focused on the bathwater to the exclusion of the baby. I’ve talked before about the legalistic Christian background from which I’ve come. I can’t say it’s always been that way in every church I’ve ever attended,Continue reading “Of Babies and Bathwater”
“Little Fits Where Big Doesn’t”
“…it is a sin to be always seeking to hide that which God has bestowed upon us for the good of others.” – CH Spurgeon You can read Spurgeon’s entire evening devotional for January 12 here. It only takes two minutes and is well worth reading. While I can’t add much to what this greatContinue reading ““Little Fits Where Big Doesn’t””
Lord, Come and See
They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.” – John 11:34 NKJV When I read the story of the death of Lazarus this morning, these simple words struck me. Jesus had come to Bethany from where He was ministering because He loved Martha, Mary and their brother Lazarus. Now, the One whom others had beenContinue reading “Lord, Come and See”
Arm Me With Joy
Sometimes things just speak to you right where you’re at. Perhaps this blog will do that for someone today as the following words did for me. Psalm 51:12 is a well-loved verse that usually reads something like this: “Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.” (ESV) EvenContinue reading “Arm Me With Joy”
Letting Go of Promises?
Have you ever felt strongly that there was something God called you to, God gave to you, but at the same time you were forced to let it go? I’m struggling through that now. I can’t explain it. I’m frustrated by the fact that it seemed to have been confirmed through circumstances, open doors andContinue reading “Letting Go of Promises?”
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