Morning Devotional:
If I let it go, who’s going to catch it?
If you were to stop in my office, you would see that I have a number of personal items on display on my desk. I have a plaque with one of my favorite Bible verses on it, a few books, a Bible, a plastic plant, but one thing might look a bit out of place. It’s a baseball – not an actual baseball per se, but a foam stress ball made to look like one.
I have been using it for a couple of years to help strengthen my hands after two carpal tunnel surgeries, but it has also come in handy during those times when the pressures of the day give me the impetus to squeeze the stress out of my bones. Giving my stress ball a few extra squeezes the other day, I got a bit curious about the concept of stress in the Word.
Did you know that the word stress itself is nowhere in the Bible? There are a lot of words like it in the scriptures, though – words like anxiety, worry, trials, tribulations, burdens, fears, afflictions and cares. What are we supposed to do with those things? As you know, we are to cast all of our cares on God because He cares for us. My stress ball became a handy reminder of what I am to do with all of my stresses. Get rid of the white knuckled grip on them and toss them over to the One who can take them. Let them go!
– Beth
Burning Question:
What is something you have had to unlearn?
Bible Quiz:
Question: Who wept at seeing the new temple that was built after the exiles returned from Babylon?
Answer: Old men who remembered the glory of Solomon’s temple. (Ezra 3:12)
Storytime: Zebedee has a rocket Pack!