Devotions from Judy’s heart Have you ever been burdened by someone else’s problems that weighed heavy on your heart and sapped your energy?  Did you wonder how much you are to carry?  I know I have struggled with this.  One day this week I walked over to the garden to weed and harvest tomatoes, beans,…

Devotions from Judy’s heart In Eph 4:32 it says, “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.”  That is often easier to quote than to practice, even for little ones.  While at Lily’s game, our grandson Grant was playing and accidently hit a little red headed girl with…

Devotions from Judy’s heart Have you had the experience of planning out your day and then finding that nothing goes as planned?  Our times are in His hand and scripture is full of verses about time. Jesus said,” My time is not yet.” He was on His Father’s time table and not man’s or his…

Devotions from Judy’s heart Do you think that how we start our day may actually influence how the rest of our day goes?  I read from Ps. 118 today, verse 24 which is so familiar, “This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.”  I thought back…

Devotions from Judy’s heart  Do we always hear what the Lord is saying to us?  I’m sure I miss what He is saying to me far more times than I will ever know.  One day I was in the garden with a friend and we were picking green beans and lettuce etc. She said I…

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…