Studying this morning's four readings from the St. James Daily Devotional Guide (click to subscribe), I examined myself with these questions. Where is your self-examination leading today?
Psalms 88:1-18. When have I felt lonely, solitary, isolated, deserted, abandoned? How did God show up? Application to present needs?
Lamentations 3:1-66. Verses 22-26, great is thy faithfulness, source of a beloved old hymn. What current struggle has been dragging me down, as if this time God’s compassions might fail me?
John 13:1-30. Verses 14-17, what person’s feet can I wash (figuratively) as Jesus commands me here?
Matthew 26:17-56. Verses 33-35, is there some area of my Christian life where my deeds don’t match my words? What’s to be done?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.