A Glimpse of Me

“Put your hope in the LORD.
Travel steadily along his path.
He will honor you by giving you the land.
You will see the wicked destroyed. …
Look at those who are honest and good,
for a wonderful future awaits those who love peace.”

—Psalm 37:34, 37

Encouragement for Today

Sometimes it’s difficult to travel steadily along the right path. We see people who are not following God but are prospering. Sometimes they even deliberately make things more difficult for us. At such times, focus your eyes on God and his promises. Reaffirm your commitment to travel steadily on his path. Renew connections with others who are also on that path. Seek those things that make for peace. As you do all this, trust that “a wonderful future awaits those who love peace.”

—Diane Eble, author of Abundant Gifts: A Daybook of Grace-Filled Devotions

“Lazy people don’t even cook the game they catch,
but the diligent make use of everything they find.”

—Proverbs 12:27
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Encouragement for Today

This is an apt verse for these belt-tightening times: make diligent use of everything you find. Frugality has always been considered a virtue (until recently, perhaps). Even if your particular situation is not dire, could there be some way you can make better use of your resources in order to free up more to give away? And if you are in difficult times financially, remember to make diligent use of what you’ve already been given. Ask God to help you become an ever more effective steward of what he has given you.

—Diane Eble, author of Abundant Gifts: A Daybook of Grace-Filled Devotions