Comments on: March 14: The Lord is your keeper

By: Lucretia Jevne

Lucretia Jevne — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:15:08 +0000

My first thought was wondering how many times we sting God when all God wants is to sustain and help us.

By: Arlene Steffen

Arlene Steffen — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:31:07 +0000

Thanks for this timely reminder. I needed to hear this today.

By: Devotions editor

Devotions editor — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:55:33 +0000

Scripture readings this week (from the Lectionary for the coming Sunday):
Monday – focused on the theme for the week, no specific Scripture attached
Tuesday – Genesis 12:1-4a
Wednesday – Psalm 121
Thursday – Romans 4:1-5, 13-17
Friday – John 3:1-17

By: wendy maclean

wendy maclean — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:13:01 +0000

Thank you for the beautiful image of the beekeeper!
I was in Pnom Penh in November at the water festival, when abut 2 million people (unbelievable) swarm into the city from the countryside. It is a huge event, and the streets hummed like inside a hive. The danger was palpable: it did not take much to turn the crowds into a riot. (on the bridge, where over 300 people were killed.) Like bees, the people work together at repairing their shared grief, bit by bit, person by person.
Now as we watch the tragedy in Japan, where is the Keeper? I believe our prayers and love are like the smoke of the beekeeper, soothing and helping the Keeper in a work of healing and repair. “I could open the box and peer inside,”–yes, Lent invites us into the inside of creation in the company of the Creator.

By: Mary K. Mishler

Mary K. Mishler — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:58:49 +0000

Thanks Luke, This reminds me of my “keeper” who surrounds me with love and care. It also reminds me of our relaionship with your parents during MBM days.

By: Jim Brenneman, President Goshen College

Jim Brenneman, President Goshen College — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:42:05 +0000

Luke, To begin this new week with the image of God as “our (bee) keeper” — Creator, Sustainer, Redeemer — provides me with a renewed appreciation for a God’s eye “30,000 foot” perspective on life, alongside God’s intimate relationship to and with nature.

By: Myrna Hershberger Smucker

Myrna Hershberger Smucker — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:35:09 +0000

Hi Luke! I write for a sustainable agriculture company and occasionally am asked to write devotional pieces based on agriculture. I always read your writings with interest because they inspire and bless me, a definitely non-scientific person. Your EMU ’74 classmate. –Myrna Smucker

By: Jim Miller (James N. '53)

Jim Miller (James N. '53) — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:24:53 +0000

THANK YOU for this. You have articulated my personal mission statement for me! : ‘Striving to be a healthy link to the next generation’. With the help of the Keeper, it will be so.

By: Guy

Guy — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:57:24 +0000

What is the scripture for this week? Where do I find each week’s scripture reading?>

By: Phil Osborne

Phil Osborne — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:40:34 +0000

A new metaphor for me. Thanks for the fresh and personal interpretation.