Daily Devotional

Living A Life of Value

“What’s new?” We’ve heard the question thousands of times. Actually the question was asked centuries ago. “Is there anything new under the sun?” The answer was given in the Bible. “All is vanity and vexation of spirit” (Eccl. 1:14). So much of life doesn’t matter. Much of what happens today will not be remembered one week, one month, or one year from now. How do we know what is really important? Longing to live a life of value resides in all of us. “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death” (Proverbs 14:12). There is a solution to the confusion. “In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths” (Proverbs 3:6).

Prayer: Dear Lord, You search our hearts and understand our thoughts. When we seek You, You are always there (1 Chronicles 28:9).

Devotion by: Bonnie Peacock

Managing Your Time by Amber Willeford

You stretch and yawn, then throw back the covers, and your shoulders ache. All that weeding and tilling you did last Saturday still has you using Biofreeze. You worked so hard, and your new garden looks great. You took an eyesore of a backyard and you made it beautiful.

As you pull the mini-blinds to look at your masterpiece you see what looks to be the equivalent of a jungle in a blender.  What happened after Saturday?  Sunday was church all day.  Monday night was a PTA meeting.  Tuesday night you had planned on watering, but there was prayer and grocery shopping. Wednesday night, of course, was church.  Thursday night the kids had piano lessons, and Friday night was youth service, and you and the hubby had a big date. After working all day and filling your nights like this you had no time to keep your garden intact. You had forgotten there WAS a garden with everything that went on this week. You had such great plans to keep it weeded and watered, but you were just so busy. Now the garden (a.k.a. “the jungle”) is overgrown with weeds; you’ve got crispy leaves and dried up dirt. What few flowers made it through the week are being crowded out by dead ones. You can’t see the beauty in your garden, and you basically wasted last Saturday and all that Biofreeze.

Does this garden sound like your life?