by debracelovsky | Aug 14, 2023 | One Year Bible, Word
The word at the right time is like precious gold set in silver Proverbs 25:11 (CEV) Do you remember the last time you could have used some encouragement? When you felt depleted, weary, and knew that the presence of someone to look you in the eye and speak that timely...
by debracelovsky | May 26, 2023 | Into the Vineyard, Word
John 15:4: Abide in Me, and I in you. Springtime in Sonoma Country means bud-break, that time of the year when thousands of acres of vines awaken from their long winter’s nap, and leaves begin bursting from the trunks. You can practically hear life surging...
by debracelovsky | May 13, 2023 | Moms, Word
I Samuel 2 and Luke 1 Life began by waking up and loving my mother’s face. George Eliot, writer Her story is familiar, a woman living at the end of the era of the judges, in a polygamous marriage. Allow me to note that, although polygamy was not expressly...
by debracelovsky | Mar 7, 2023 | One Year Bible, Uncategorized, Word
Give her what she wants and be done with her. Jesus’ disciples in Matthew 15:23 Mark 7 (and see Matthew 15) It doesn’t matter how long we’ve followed Christ, our life experiences, or knowledge of the Bible—when desperate prayers are delayed we wonder...
by debracelovsky | Oct 17, 2022 | One Year Bible, Prayer, Word
While cleaning up some digital files recently, I came across the following meditation. I had written this prayer one October morning several years ago after reading the Old Testament passage for that day in my One Year Bible. Migraines continue to occur and I was...
by debracelovsky | Sep 12, 2022 | One Year Bible, Word
He sits at a table with parchments before him, the familiar quill in his hand. His chambers are not in an unimaginably ornate palace like his son would one day build. Nor do they in any way rival the splendor of Egyptian or Assyrian or Babylonian kings. But it is...
