Devotions from Judy’s heart I am reminded so often how everything goes back to God’s grace. We are more aware of it when we disobey and know how much we need forgiveness and grace. But how many times do we make mistakes and need to forgive ourselves. We wish we could take back something we…

Devotions from Judy’s heart. All of us can attest to the difficulty of waiting. When we were little as the grandkids, it seemed like time stood still as we waited for Christmas to come. Or like Kurt as an adult, waits to hear if he has the job in Chicago. Or like a spouse who…

“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows”.” James 1:17 God’s gifts to us are good, even when we may not realize they are at the time. When we go to visit the grandkids, I usually have little wrapped…

Today I read the scripture from Ps. 149:4, “For the Lord takes delight in his people.” How many times have I heard Al say to the congregation, “The Lord delights in you!”  Do we really believe that and live in the awareness of that? As you know we are seeing our grandkids now and how…

8-23Devotions from Judy’s heart Have you noticed how one size does not fit all? I remember when Al’s mom (who was quite large at the time) went shopping with her good friend (who was just a little slip of a thing), they were tempted to test that one out with tights. For one it would…

Devotions from Judy’s heart I don’t know how many of you noticed the lamp shade in the picture I sent you of the Nevis group I had for lunch…but it is crooked!  I cleaned the house the day before and moved the chair and lamp over as we needed more room for the group. And…

 Devotions from Judy’s heart I think everyone wants to know they are needed and when they get the message they are not, it is hurtful. One day I found a gal  weeping as she had been told that someone else was taking her place at the table where she was going to be taking money.…

 Devotions from Judy’s heart Who are the people we remember most in life? I think we hold to our hearts those who are servants and pour their lives out for others. I read today from Matt 23:11-12 ,“The greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself…

I think all of us have special ways the Lord speaks to us individually. I remember a pastor going down to the river near us, when we had pastoral soul care groups each month….and he laid down on the ice and looked through it and God spoke to him. I was amazed!  God can use…

 Devotions from Judy’s heart When Al was gone to Nevis lately, I did lots of catching up on a lot of smaller tasks that I have put off because of having retreatants etc. I was amazed at how quickly the weeds grow up, the sauna furniture gets full of cobwebs and dirt, the deck get…