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 102:1-28. Verses 24-28, taking stock of my life right now, what is permanent and what is changeable? What must I hold tightly and what loosely? Is God telling me to let go of something today?
Ecclesiastes 6:1-12. Verses 2, 3, 7, 9, fleeting riches, fragile families, insatiable appetite, restless desire. If asked by a disheartened college student, cynical about everything, why life is worth living, what would I say?
Romans 3:9-20. With a barrage of Old Testament citations, Paul indicts humankind’s pervasive depravity. Conversing with that same imaginary student, who says he is a good person and so is most everyone, how do I reply?
Matthew 11:25-30. Is my Christian life a matter of being steadily yoked up with Jesus, or just calling on him at times of need? What would it look like to stay yoked with him every minute of this day?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.