I will be writing the next set of devotionals as if I were writing these to my Son, who can not read them. He sits in an Army jail awaiting his Article 32 hearing. This hearing is like a civilian grand jury hearing where evidence is presented and a decision is made whether the to go on to a trial by court martial.
I am writing this devotional on a Sunday morning. My wife Pam and I are preparing our house to host a visitors brunch today after our 11:00 AM worship service concludes. The house is quiet, for the most part. Our cat Kiah is doing her best to be annoying. But it is my favorite time of day to write. My mind is not cluttered with the debris of the day. No one has interrupted my thoughts and life is pretty good. This is how I wish all of my time in worship could be. But that is not always the case. There are times when I just want to go to church and worship and praise the Lord. I do not want to be disturbed I just want to keep it simple and let my heart empty out in praise. But that is not how it is. There are these little inconveniences like meeting friends and fellow worshipers who have problems in their lives, or someone wants to know how Andy is doing, when his trial is, etc. I become distracted and unfocused. But then I know that if God did not love me, these things would not be going on around me. He has surrounded me with a group of people who are just a broken in sin as I am. He has placed me in the middle of a bunch of people who care, are loving, and as devoted to worshiping the Lord as I am. And he helps me to understand that the love His Son shared is to be shared, and is being shared, at all times in all places and with all people. He knows exactly what I need. He gives me my daily bread. I can rely on that fact. I can take it to the bank! That is why we rejoice in the Lord. His love is the only constant. Every other aspect of our lives are like the variables in an equation. But the Lord, and only the Lord is the constant that yields the answer to all life's equations. And for that I say again "Rejoice in the Lord!"
PRAYER: Most merciful God, we struggle in our daily lives searching for the one thing we can hold on to. That one thing we can anchor our lives to. And all else, but You, is fleeting in nature. You O Lord are the strong anchor we can tie to that will weather all the storms of our lives. You, and You alone are our salvation. We can find our harbor of refuge in You and for this we give thanks in the name of Your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
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