DAILY READING John 5:36-47 REFLECTION   Where Do You Find Glory? By Carmel Elmer After reading today's passage, I looked up the definition of glory. There are a number of different meanings but the one I like best is this: "High renown or honor won by notable achievements" At first glance, I didn't set out to write about glory, but in reading and re-reading this text, it's the word that stood out to me and I realized, God was convicting my heart. I generally talk a good game and have...

DAILY READING Psalm 22 REFLECTION   Never Forsaken By Carmel Elmer “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” I can’t think of anything sadder in all of history than those 9 words spoken by Christ in his greatest moment of agony and here, in the opening verse of Psalm 22 written 1000 years before Jesus cried them out in desperation.    Throughout Psalm 22 we see a profound foreshadowing of Christ’s agonizing death on the cross and the events leading up to his final desperate cry.  As I...

DAILY READING Colossians 2:8-15 REFLECTION   The Head Over Every Power and Authority By Carmel Elmer As a Saturday devotional writer, before I write I like to read the passages for the week in succession and reflect on how they connect with one another and with the heading for the week.   This week’s heading is “In the Shadow of the Cross” and the readings focus on discerning the difference between the wisdom & authority of this world and that of God in the wake of Christ’s sacrifice on the...