Devotions from Judy’s heart How important it is that we quiet our spirit and listen to the Lord as He speaks to us throughout the day. He wants to be our guide and direct our steps. It says in II Chron. 16:9 that “The eyes of the Lord range throughout the entire earth, to…

Devotions from Judy’s heart I read today from Rev. 2 that “I am He who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works.”  The Lord sees it all and knows when our motives are good and also when we try to hide what is in our hearts.…

Devotions from Judy’s heart I woke up the other morning and no water coming out of the facet. Little did I know Al was downstairs cleaning up water that had spurted all over our furnace and storage room The plastic hose going from the water softener just popped out of the tube it was inserted…

Devotions from Judy’s heart The other day I went out on the deck to get rid of 3 tomato plants that were given to me. Their leaves looked pitiful but just as I was about to throw them away, I noticed they each had a few small tomatoes on their almost bare branches. What a…

Devotions from Judy’s heart We so often quote the verse in Ps. 118, “This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.”  In today’s devotional I was struck by the last sentence of a prayer, “Help me see my day as Your day.” It has been a…

Devotions from Judy’s heart Al just had a birthday and I have a milestone birthday coming up in a couple weeks. The clock keeps ticking away and we are all getting older, even though we have not given permission for that to happen. As we drove to Brainerd the other day there was a gorgeous…

   Devotions from Judy’s heart As we watch the Olympics, many of the Olympians make it look easy on the balance beam, on the high dive, or jumping the hurdles etc. But if you asked any of them, they could tell you how hard they have trained and what they had to give up in…

Devotions from Judy’s heart We received a letter this week from a “Special friend” in Des Moines.. While we were at our church there, we had several “Special People” that attended, and they usually sat with me in the pew. When we moved away, Caroline wrote letters to us and after all these years she…

   Devotions from Judy’s heart Last weekend on our 7 ½ hour trip to Michigan I slept at least 5 of those hours. I could not keep awake and was so groggy….maybe just catching up from family time during the month of July. I was in a deep sleep and had several dreams. The only…

  Devotions from Judy’s heart How easy it is to tell God how we think He should do things according to our own preferences.  Each of us may have in mind what we think is a perfect worship service or the best way to do something. But the problem is not everyone else will agree…