Author: worrylessjourney

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by worrylessjourney, posted in aging, imagination

April 10 2025

Psalm 92 Verse 12-14

12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree,
    they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
13 planted in the house of the Lord,
    they will flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They will still bear fruit in old age,
    they will stay fresh and green,

I really am glad that there is hope for us in old age. Lately I have felt that I am rushing past it.

The truth is there are benefits to growing older. Unfortunately our culture idolizes youth. Some wonderful things are lost because of this focus.

It is really true that wisdom comes with age. Great respect is shown in the Bible for elders. Somehow, as we grow older our perspective widens and it’s easier to see the big picture. If we just let ourselves we can accomplish things in our older years that we would have been afraid to try when we were younger. We can’t really grow old until we stop learning, growing and creating. I don’t know about you, but I plant to stop when they scatter my ashes to the four winds. Until then. LOOK OUT1

Prayer : Thank you God for our days upon the earth. Grant us the wisdom to seek our new paths and enjoy new experiences until our days are done, and then bring us home in joy to your house. AMEN

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by worrylessjourney, posted in angels, miracle

April 9 2025

Psalm 91 Verses 11-12

11 For he will command his angels concerning you
    to guard you in all your ways;
12 they will lift you up in their hands,
    so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

I love this idea. I would love to be borne up by angels…kept safe by them. I would loe to feel them around me and know that all is well.

Lots of people have statues of angels and angel pictures . They look so kind. I have, however, noticed that when angels appeared in the Bible they usually said “Fear Not!” which does make you wonder what angels look like.

I have the feeling that angels are around a lot more than we realize…hovering out there just out of our sight. Helping us when things just seem to go right for no reason. I have a friend who call them “ARANGELS.”

So maybe the coincidence was not really a coincidence but a miracle and the ARANGELS helped.

Prayer: thank you Lord of heaven for the ARANGELS. We nee all the help we can get. Le us see you hand in all things. AMEN

Devotional

by worrylessjourney, posted in belief, faith, listen

April 8 2025

Psalm 86 Verse 17

17 Give me a sign of your goodness,
    that my enemies may see it and be put to shame,Come down God and giveme a sign!
    for you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.

Come down God and give me a sign! Write on the wall, perform a miracle, do something! Show how people who don’t believe in you what you can do. Show me too so that I don’t have to depend on faith to get through.

How much we want this to happen. We need to depend on something provable….something we can touch. But, you know what? The really important things are not tangible. We can’t take love in our hands and touch it. We can’t prove it…and yet, we know it is there.

God is not visible…but his acts are. His presence can be felt if not touched. Let go of your desire for handwriting on the wall and open your eyes to the truth. God is with us. God’s love surrounds us and all will be well.

Prayer: Loving Father, you know us so well. You know how much we long to see you and touch you. Speak to our hearts and let us know that you are with us.. AMEN

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by worrylessjourney, posted in kindness, love, peace

April 7 2025

Psalm 85 Verses 8-9

8 I will listen to what God the Lord says;
    he promises peace to his people, his faithful servants—
    but let them not turn to folly.
9 Surely his salvation is near those who fear him,
    that his glory may dwell in our land.

With the world in such a mess I wish everyone would hear words of peace, We must make God very sad with all the violence and hatred that goes on in the world. Some of the worst of it hatred against people of different faiths.

The Hebrew word Shalom means fullness, having everything everything you need to be happy and fulfilled. Frederick Buechner says that “for Jesus peace seem to have meant not the absence of struggle but the presence of love.”

Prayer: Lord God of peace, let us grow in love toward you and our neighbor until wars, hatred and violence cease and shalom reigns. Support us with your Holy Spirit and surround us with your love, now and forever. AMEN

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by worrylessjourney, posted in listening, prayer, time

April 6 2025

Psalm 84 Verse 10

10 Better is one day in your courts
    than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
    than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

I have discovered an interesting thing. The more time that I spend with God …..praying ….listening…the better I feel. Maybe that’s what the psalmist is talking about. Someone I knew said that the person we know best is the one we spend the most time with. Maybe we need to spend more time with God and less time with cell phones and TV. Living with God is a much better deal.

Prayer: Lord of Wisdom, turn us from false prophets who lead us along wrong paths. Show us the way to you . AMEN

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by worrylessjourney, posted in God provides, help, wait

April 5 2025

Psalm 84 Verses 5-7

5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
    whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baka,
    they make it a place of springs;
    the autumn rains also cover it with pools.[d]
7 They go from strength to strength,
    till each appears before God in Zion.

I know one thing for sure. I can’t depend on y own strength. I like to think of myself as being able to manage most things but the older I get the more I realize that are limits to what I can do. That’s not something I want to admit… but it’s true. There is, however, no limit to Gods’ strength. God can manage anything if we just let him. The problem is that we keep trying to do it alone. It would be much better to depend, for our strength, on someone whose strength is infinite.

Prayer: God whose power is infinite, give us strength in our weakness. Let us turn to you and rely on your compassion. AMEN

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by worrylessjourney, posted in help, helpless, poor

April 4 2025

Psalm 82 Verses 3-5

3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. 4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. 5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

In our complacency few of us do enough to help the helpless. Sometimes we even blame them for their state. “They are lazy, they don’t do anything to help themselves.”

A lot of this is true…there are some people that don’t seem to deserve our help. But maybe we shouldn’t even be concerned with that. Jesus didn’t ask about the past deeds of the people he healed. He just healed them and expected that to change their lives and he didn’t worry about what would happen later.

We want to see results. We want to be able to pat ourselves on the back and say we did good.

Let’s try it Jesus’ way. Just help the needy and walk on.

Prayer: Lord Jesus, we have your example to follow. Help us to forget about results and just do the good works that you have called us to do. AMEN

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by worrylessjourney, posted in acceptance, God, questioning

April 3 2025

Psalm 78 Verses
18 They willfully put God to the test
    by demanding the food they craved.
19 They spoke against God;
    they said, “Can God really
    spread a table in the wilderness?

“They willfully put God to the test”. They prayed to God but really doubted that God would answer. Sometimes it is hard to believe in anything. Life is so erratic. Chaos rules. There doesn’t seem to be an logic to anything. But it is God’s world and we will never understand until we see God face to face. When I do I have questions. Do you?

Prayer: Lord you have the answers and I have the questions. Please help me to live into the questions until I am ab le to understand the answers. AMEN

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by worrylessjourney, posted in God provides, needs, want

April 2 2025

Psalm 37 Verses 3-4

3 Trust in the Lord and do good;
    dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
4 Take delight in the Lord,
    and he will give you the desires of your heart.

We forget that God has promised to provide for us. W have so little trust. Just like the people Moses led, we grumble and fuss. We don’t want to eat manna we want steak. We want what we desire not what is good for us. How many of us eat more than we need and all the wrong things.

God will provide what we need….the important word being NEED. There is a big difference between wants and needs.

Prayer: God of plenty, you will supply all our needs. We thank you for all that you have given us. May we continue to praise your name for the goodness our our lives. AMEN

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by worrylessjourney, posted in answers, peace, prayer

March 31 2025

Psalm 69 Verses 1-3

1 Save me, O God,
    for the waters have come up to my neck.
2 I sink in the miry depths,
    where there is no foothold.
I have come into the deep waters;
    the floods engulf me.
3 I am worn out calling for help;
    my throat is parched.
My eyes fail,
    looking for my God.

There are times when everything seems to be going wrong. Nothing you try works. Things just keep going wrong. You pray and nothing changes. God doesn’t seem to hear.You pray some more….and still nothing. You have begged God for some help and no help is in view. It seems that God has deserted you.

God is there. Your cry has been heard. God is answering. The answer may not be the one we want. But God hears and acknowledges our prayer. Things will change for God loves us and knows what we need before we ask. Rest in that promise.

Prayer: “My God, my God why have you forsaken me?” You seem to have deserted me. I feel so alone. Help me Lord to know that you are near. Calm my fears. Bring me your peace. AMEN