Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due
time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
I Peter 5:6-7 (NIV)
The devil would have us continually crossing streams that do not exist.
— Anonymous
Daily Meditations by Pat Nordman ©
July 25
"Your strength will equal your days" (Deuteronomy 33:25).
It is good to know our endurance will equal what needs to be done today. Somehow we gather
enough energy to go on if we have such assurance from our source of Power. As a wise
Unknown said, "The back is made to meet the burden."
The soldier needs courage (and we are all soldiers in this earthly struggle); the mother
needs an extra portion of patience and perseverance, the father a greater measure of
physical stamina; both husband and wife can use the strength of forbearance; and we all
need the strength to be calm in this worried world.
Pat Nordman ©
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"He left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out." – Genesis 39:12
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"In their affliction they will seek me early." - Hosea 5:15 |
This day I may be exposed to great peril, let me have the serpent's wisdom to keep out of it and avoid it. The wings of a dove may be of more use to me to-day than the jaws of a lion. |
If the chosen soul will not come to the Lord full-handed, it shall come empty. If God, in his grace, findeth no other means of making us honour him among men, he will cast us into the deep; if we fail to honour him on the pinnacle of riches, he will bring us into the valley of poverty. |
July 25 Proverbs 20:1 -
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.. ...and by his light I walked through darkness! JOB ...and by his light I walked through darkness! JOB 29:3 NIV
Higher Things by Pat Nordman
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Aleksander Solzhenitsyn, who miraculously survived the Russian gulags, gave a commencement speech at Harvard University in 1978 that rankled the press but was probably one of the most astute modern statements on the state of the affairs of our nation ever voiced by a non-American: How many hasty, immature, superficial, and misleading judgments are expressed every day, confusing readers, without any verification? The press can both stimulate public opinion and miseducate it. Thus we may see terrorists turned into heroes, or secret matters pertaining to one's nation's defense publicly revealed, or we may witness shameless intrusion on the privacy of well-known people under the slogan: "Everyone is entitled to know everything." But this is a false slogan, characteristic of a false era: people also have a right not to know, and it a much more valuable one. The right not to have their divine souls stuffed with gossip, nonsense, vain talk. A person who works and leads a meaningful life does not need the successive burdening flow of information. Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the twentieth century, and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press. In-depth analysis of a problem is anathema to the press. It stops at sensational formulas... After suffering decades of violence and depression, the human soul longs for higher things, warmer and purer than those offered by today's mass living habits, exemplified by the revolting invasion of privacy, by TV stupor, and by intolerable music.... The press' response follows: "We find that primarily he is the champion not of freedom but of spiritual well-being. The two causes are by no means the same..." The New Yorker, 8/21/1978 issue. Olga Carlisle, Newsweek, 7/24/78: "[Solzhenitsyn's] convictions are deeply rooted in the Russian spirit, which is untempered by the civilizing influences of a democratic tradition." Henry Fairlie, The New Republic, 7/29/78: "...There is nothing for the West to learn from it." Reader, think about this! Then pray for our nation and our leaders. Send a note to © Pat Nordman, the writer of this devotion.. |
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