This Week's Devotional "Whatever you do, do from the heart as for The Lord, and not for others." Colossians 3:23 How many of you are guilty of slacking off at work if you know your boss is not around? Or how many of you clean harder when you know someone is coming to visit? We do things very differently when someone is watching as when no one is watching. This is because most of the time what we really care about is what people think of us and not so much about the quality we give to our...
7 months ago • 1 min read
A Scripture Reflection to Begin Lent... "I will give you a new heart and place a new spirit within you, taking from your bodies your stony hearts and giving you natural hearts." - Ezekiel 36:26As we begin the season of Lent, I asked God for the strangest thing this morning. Even when the words came out of my mouth, my mind was taken aback that I had just said those words. My commute to work in the morning is my prayer time and when I'm finished, I usually repeat, "Jesus, I trust in You," but...
7 months ago • 1 min read
Water Turned to Wine Years ago, in my early 20's, I was riding on the Long Island Rail Road feeling defeated. I was overwhelmed by work and not sure I wanted to go forward with that career. I took out my handy blackberry (lol) and wrote a short devotional on Matthew 11:28-30: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my...
9 months ago • 1 min read