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 103:1-22. Verse 4, God crowns me with his love and mercy. What if I don’t feel that way today at all? Has his promise failed? How can I reconnect with him?
Leviticus 21:1-24. God’s very high standard for anyone serving him as a priest. While no longer literally applicable to ministers in Jesus’ church, what is the lesson here for us? My role?
Acts 432-37. How does my attitude toward personal possessions and finances measure up to that of the early church? Is God pleased?
John 19:25-37. Mary at the cross as her Son’s death approaches. Where do the rest of us fit in, if at all, to the relationship Jesus intended his mother and John to have? Who is the Virgin Mary to me?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.