October 20

“Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, ‘Lord, and what shall this man do?’  Jesus saith unto him, ‘If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? Follow thou Me’” (John 21:21-22). We could have entitled this devotional: “Mind your own business!”  It has always amazed me that after Jesus had this very intimate time with …

October 19

I have noticed that sometimes the simplest things seem to be the hardest to obey.  I can remember sitting in church with my friends when something hit our funny bone.  My mother would always give the “wooden spoon” stare.  I would try to suppress the laughter with every being of my body … without success.  Trying not to laugh in …