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Daily Devotional July 11, 2022

Posted on Jul 11, 2022 in Pastor's Blog |

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do
not give up” (Galatians 6:9, NIV)

I am watching perseverance in action as I write. A squirrel has figured out how to navigate around the baffle I installed last night to the bird feeder. It took about thirty minutes and countless attempts. But the rodent finally scored it prize. Squirrel 1: Me 0.

Daily Devotional July 8, 2022

Posted on Jul 8, 2022 in Pastor's Blog |

“The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only
to poverty” (Proverbs 21:5, ESV).

I received an unwelcomed visitor the other day. A June Bug chose to make company on my nose. The insect’s decision proved to be unwise, as I unceremoniously swatted it to the ground.

Daily Devotional July 7, 2022

Posted on Jul 7, 2022 in Pastor's Blog |

“LORD, deliver me from lying lips and a dishonest tongue!” (Psalm 120:2, CEB).

It wasn’t my finest hour. Half-time of the Ohio State-Michigan game had mercifully arrived. My team was losing, badly. I had lost all hope for a win. I needed a pick-me-up.

Daily Devotional July 6, 2022

Posted on Jul 6, 2022 in Pastor's Blog |

“All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name”

Psalm 66:4, ESV

Daily Devotional July 5, 2022

Posted on Jul 5, 2022 in Pastor's Blog |

“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves

be burdened again by a yoke of slavery” (Galatians 5:1, NIV).

Daily Devotional July 1, 2022

Posted on Jul 1, 2022 in Pastor's Blog |

“For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall
understand fully, even as I have been fully understood” (1 Corinthians 13:12, RSV).

Seven years ago, my family and I traveled to Burlington, Vermont. During the visit I was
introduced to the concept of a “Witch Window.” A witch window is turned sideways and placed at
a forty-five degree angle in a farmhouse’s gable-end wall.