New Use For Old Pain
March 13, 2025 by Cynthia Ruchti
Filed under Daily Devotions, Humorous
By Cynthia Ruchti
Have you found a new use for old pain? It’s a biblical principle spelled out clearly in II Corinthians 1:4. The wording can seem a bit cumbersome if we skirt over the passage without thinking too deeply about it.
It reads this way, beginning with the last phrase of verse three: “…the God of all comfort… comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God” (NIV). In one version, the last part is “with the comfort wherewith we’ve been comforted.”
A Well Of Our Own
February 28, 2025 by Cynthia Ruchti
Filed under Daily Devotions, Life Topics
By Cynthia Ruchti
This morning, did you have other clothes to change into besides the ones you wore yesterday? More than one choice for shoes? Even if you chose to skip breakfast, was there something in the cupboard or the fridge you could have had?
How many people in the world ache for something as simple as clean drinking water?
We have so much more than we realize. My husband and I are among those who have one well for the two of us. What extravagance! It’s an old country well, but it has more than enough good, clean water to meet our needs. My ice cube maker probably uses more water in a day than some Third World villages see. Decadence.
A Boy!
January 23, 2025 by Cynthia Ruchti
Filed under Daily Devotions, Humorous
By Cynthia Ruchti
What did Joseph do while Mary was in labor with their son Jesus? Did he pace outside the stable? Did he read magazines, boil water, argue with the innkeeper for a better room?
Did Joseph sit around a campfire with other travelers and let their wives attend to Mary?
Did he spend the night in prayer, alone with his God, or at his wife’s side?
Field and Fountain, Moor and Mountain
January 13, 2025 by Cynthia Ruchti
Filed under Daily Devotions, Humorous
By Cynthia Ruchti
Do you suppose the wise men made their entire journey without doubt?
When they traveled from the East, a trip that according to tradition may have taken years, what are the odds that none of them ever complained? Or wondered about the wisdom of their decision to follow a star?
Can you hear the discussion around the fire after an especially trying leg of the journey?
Sleeping Through The Night
January 2, 2025 by Cynthia Ruchti
Filed under Daily Devotions, Family
By Cynthia Ruchti
How old was Jesus when He first slept through the night?
A friend of mine has a newborn who can’t go more than a couple of hours without reminding the household she exists and has needs.
I wonder how old Jesus was. Two months? Four?
