Ruby's daily devotionals — short morning reflections on Scripture and the small mercies of an ordinary day.
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"The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid, the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them." — Isaiah 11:6 The children have been on summer break for two months now and I have
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"This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." — Psalm 118:24 The morning after is always quieter than I expect. I do not know what I expect but whatever it is the morning does not deliver it and instead
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"For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord."
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"You visit the earth and water it, you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide the people with grain, for so you have prepared it." — Psalm 65:9-10 I was in the garden by six this morning and out by eight,
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"Pray without ceasing." — 1 Thessalonians 5:17 The prayer this morning was short and I did not try to make it longer. There are mornings when the prayer says everything it has to say in two sentences and there is nothing dishonest about stopping. I said what I
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"Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life." — Ecclesiastes 9:9 I have been thinking about Earl's mornings. He was up before me in every season, which is saying something because I have never been a late riser. But
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"And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another." — Hebrews 10:24-25 I was at church this morning and there is nothing to report, which is itself
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"Do not cast me off in the time of old age; do not forsake me when my strength is spent." — Psalm 71:9 I used to work in the garden until noon. I remember this the way I remember being able to eat a whole plate of fried
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"I know that there is nothing better for them than to be happy and enjoy themselves as long as they live; moreover, it is God's gift that all should eat and drink and take pleasure in all their toil." — Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 Friday does not
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"Her children rise up and call her happy; her husband too, and he praises her." — Proverbs 31:28 Dear Becca, You called last night and we talked for thirty minutes about nothing and it was one of the better conversations I have had all week, which tells you
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"Be still, and know that I am God." — Psalm 46:10 I read the Forty-sixth Psalm this morning and stopped where I always stop, which is the tenth verse. Be still, and know that I am God. I have read this verse more times than I can
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"And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there he put the man whom he had formed. Out of the ground the LORD God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food." — Genesis 2:8-9