DOING LIFE: Daily Devotions For Finding Peace in Stressful Times
We live in a world that has been driven to the brink by natural disasters, political divisiveness, and a pandemic that threatened to crush the world's socioeconomic infrastructure, no less the health and welfare of every individual. Dr. Thurston draws on a lifetime of experience in medicine, his formal theological training in seminary, and his love of music, sailing, animals and children, to bring you these first 365 devotions. Through laughter and tears, each will reorient you to what's truly important in life, and provide you with new approaches to finding lasting peace and contentment! Anyone dealing with stress or grief...
July 13 Doing Life: Ants, Termites and Bees (Oh My!)
We draw strength from prayer and study, but community is critical.
july 12 Doing Life: Home
"There's no place like home!" (Dorothy, in the Wizard of Oz)
July 11 Doing Life: Losing Your Life
Losing your life sounds bad....but it's the opposite for the Christian!
July 10 Doing Life: Fear
"What can mortal man do to me?" (Psalm 56:4)
July 9 Doing Life: Silence
"and they sat with him on the ground, seven days and seven nights, and nobody spoke a word..."
(Job 2:13 ESV)
July 8 Doing Life: Hidden Blessings
What if Your Blessings come through rain drops? What if Your Blessings come through tears?
July 7 Doing Life : Essentials
" In essentials, unity. In non-essentials, liberty. In all things, love. (St. Augustine)
July 6 Doing Life: Chick Fil-A
"You are to labor six days, but you must rest on the seventh..." (Exodus 34:21)
July 5 Doing Life: Greener
"The grass may be greener on the other side of the hill.....but that means you have to mow more."
July 4 Doing Life: Independence Day
"It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery." (Galatians 5:1 NIV)
July 3 Doing Life: Charging
Your Spiritual self needs recharging just like your physical self!
July 2 Doing Life: Horse Play
"it is a happy talent to know how to play!" (Emerson)
July 1 Doing Life: Killing of Innocents
Always look at stories in scripture that may be confusing at first, in the light of what we know about the character of God!
June 30 Doing Life: Traffic
Can traffic be GOOD?
June 29 Doing Life: Quiet
How un-surprised we should be that we might hear You best in the quiet of nature!
June 28 Doing Life: Skeet
We may be shaped by You just as our children are shaped by us!
June 27 Doing Life: Back Pain
The Lord knows what it means to suffer; and through it He showed us what obedience looks like!
June 26 Doing Life: Farrier
Everyone's work is important to God!
June 25 Doing Life: Original Names
Adopted as Sons and Daughters, the Creator of the Universe Knows Your Name
June 24 Doing Life: Lighthouses
WE don't need the warnings of a distant lighthouse to avoid being crushed on the rocks: we only need the Light of Christ within us!
June 23 Doing Life: Origins
The Origin of Life completely eludes the scientific community: unless they honestly follow the findings to the obvious conclusion: only GOD could do this!!
June 22 Doing Life: Washed in the Blood
You would do ANYTHING for your child! That's the unconditional love that God has for US!
June 21 Doing Life: Get Help!
Why do we always turn to our own understanding when we get in trouble?
June 20 Doing Life: Doxology
Why do we SO OFTEN forget to praise God for the good things?
June 19 Doing Life: Cats and Dogs
We need to Listen for the Master's voice and then Obey
June 18 Doing Life: Reducing Sail
Take very opportunity to slow down. You will never regret it!
June 17 Doing Life: Marriage of Christ
His Grace is demonstrated in the fact that He would accept the church as His bride!
June 16 Doing Life: Legal U-Turn
No matter how far we are from God we can always make a legal U-turn and accept the gift of Grace
June 15 Doing Life: Be Prepared
Be prepared to defend the Gospel
June 14 Doing Life: Hither and Yonder
Attention to detail
June 13 Doing Life: Pink Llamacorn
Enjoy the little things in life!
June 12 Doing Life: Shake It Off
Don't let the turkeys get you down!
June 11 Doing Life: Siblings
"Definition of Siblings: children of the same parents, each of whom is perfectly normal until they get together." (Sam Levinson)
June 10 Doing Life: Trivia
"A text of context is a pretext for a proof text" (Pete Briscoe)
June 9 Doing Life: Anchored
A hope that is sure and steadfast.
June 8 Doing Life: Opportunity
"When Life gives you lemons, add butter and dip some lobster in it!" (Stuart Sceney)
June 7 Doing Life: Bluetooth
Jesus is our everlasting connection to the Creator
June 6 Doing Life: Rufous
God has made His presence known to EVERYONE by the wonders of His Creation!
June 5 Doing Life: Frenetic
"Ignorant zeal is worthless; haste makes waste." (Psalm 19:2)
June 4 Doing Life: Waiting
"Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the laps of fools."
(Ecclesiastes 7:9)
