THE UPPER ROOM DEVOTIONAL 30TH NOVEMBER 2024, SATURDAY MESSAGE
Read The Upper Room Devotional 30th November 2024 written by Mike Bertoglio (Georgia, USA)
TOPIC: A Winter Garden
Today’s Reading
Psalm 27:7-14
I have sure faith that I will experience the Lord’s goodness in the land of the living! – Psalm 27:13 (CEB)
TODAY’S MESSAGE
For some reason I decided to visit one of my favorite gardens in the middle of January. The trees had no leaves, the daylilies were trimmed to the ground, and the herb garden was a drab brown. I walked to the corner where one of my favorites — the white ginger lily — usually bloomed, but it had also been trimmed back. The whole garden was gray and brown.
But as I turned to leave, a tiny flash of yellow caught my eye. A small yellow crocus was peeking through the sod — a speck of color in a sea of brown. I was filled with a sense of hope. Spring was coming.
The past few years had been a kind of winter for me, with the pandemic, personal sickness, the loss of two friends, and the death of my younger sister. It was a time of many losses, one after another. Now God spoke to me through the little crocus: spring will arrive again. Hope was, and still is, alive.
Today’s Prayer
Dear Lord, thank you for your power at work in the world. Help us to know that hope is alive and to notice the ways you are speaking to us. Amen.
Thought for the Day
God speaks to me through nature.
Prayer Focus
Those who feel hopeless
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