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 44:1-26. Verse 3, are there some ways in which I picture myself as self-made, self-reliant? How can I replace that false picture today with humble gratitude and God-reliance?
II Kings 25:1-30. Here we end seven weeks of studying the kings—mostly faithless—of Judah and Israel, even as Elizabeth II and Charles III are in the news. Theologically, what’s the problem with hereditary monarchy?
Job 17:1-16. Whom do I know that is feeling almost as forlorn as Job, and that I could reach out to with a kindly word of friendship today?
Luke 7:11-17. Jesus no more feared to touch a corpse than to touch a leper or a hemorrhaging person. Who needs a touch of Christlike love from me this weekend?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.