Goshen College Goshen College Logo

About
About
About GC
  • About GC
  • Quick Facts
  • Offices
  • Outcomes
  • Employment
  • Mission, Vision & Values
  • Our Faith Identity
  • Leadership & Governance
  • Intercultural & International Education
  • Sustainability @ GC
  • Institutes
  • Map & Directions
  • City of Goshen
Academics
Academics
Undergraduate Programs
  • Undergraduate Programs
  • Majors & Minors
  • Academic Catalog & Courses
  • Study Abroad
  • Goshen Core
  • Environmental Programs
Adult & Continuing Studies
  • Adult & Continuing Studies
  • Nursing (RN to BSN)
  • Social Work
  • Transition to Teaching
  • English Learners License
  • Academic Catalog & Courses
Graduate Programs
  • Graduate Programs
  • Business Administration (MBA)
  • Environmental Education (MA)
  • Nursing (MS, FNP track)
  • Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
  • Academic Catalog & Courses
Online Programs
  • Online Programs
  • Business Administration (MBA)
  • Nursing (RN to BSN)
  • Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
  • STEM Teach Indiana course
Admissions & Aid
Admissions & Aid
Undergraduate Programs
  • Undergraduate Programs
  • Request Info
  • Apply Now
  • Visit Campus
  • Costs & Financial Aid
  • Scholarships
  • Net Price Calculator
  • Admitted Students
  • International Students
  • Transfer Students
Adult & Continuing Studies
  • Adult & Continuing Studies
  • Request Info
  • Apply Now
  • Visit Campus
  • Financial Aid
Graduate Programs
  • Graduate Programs
  • Request Info
  • Apply Now
  • Visit Campus
  • Financial Aid
Student Life
Student Life
Student Life
  • Student Life
  • Housing
  • Clubs & Activities
  • Spiritual Life
  • Dining Services
  • Diversity on Campus
  • Health & Safety
Resources for:
Alumni
Alumni
Alumni
  • Alumni
  • Alumni Directory
  • Transcripts
  • The Bulletin
  • Homecoming Weekend
  • Contact Us
Read The Bulletin
Latest issue: Fall/Winter 2018
Visitors
Visitors
  • Bookstore
  • City of Goshen
  • Offices
  • Rec-Fitness Center
  • Music Center
  • Buy Tickets
  • Map/Directions
  • Events Calendar
On Campus
On Campus
  • Moodle
  • Mahara
  • Registrar's Office
  • Library
  • Job Bank
  • Accounting Office
  • Pay Bill
  • Offices
  • Human Resources
  • Department Forms
  • MyGC
  • GC Online
  • Events Calendar
Quick Links:
The Arts
The Arts
  • Study Art
  • Art Galleries
  • Study Music
  • Music Center
  • Live Stream
  • Performing Arts Series
  • Study Theater
  • Theater Productions
  • Events Calendar
  • Buy Tickets
Athletics
Athletics
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Cross Country
  • Soccer
  • Tennis
  • Track and Field
  • Volleyball
  • Basketball
  • Cross Country
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Tennis
  • Track and Field
  • Volleyball
  • GoLeafs.net
  • Live Stream
  • Rec-Fitness Center
  • Intramurals
News & Events
News & Events
News & Events
  • News & Events
  • Events Calendar
  • Latest News
  • GC in the News
  • Social Media Directory
  • Alumni Magazine: The Bulletin
  • Photo Albums
  • President's
  • Choir Tour
  • Indonesia SST
  • Peru SST
  • Ticket Office
  • E-Subscribe
  • Live Stream
Conference to examine past, present and future of Study-Service Term, March 5-6
Posted 1 week ago
Key Actions: Give Visit

Request Information

Get essential information about our academic programs, admissions & financial aid. Your admissions counselor will also follow up with specific questions.

Undergraduate Adult & Continuing Studies Graduate

If you're not a prospective student or parent, feel free to email general questions to info@goshen.edu.

Visit Campus

Visiting our campus is one of the best ways to get a feel for Goshen — from classes and dorms to the dining hall menu — and decide if it’s a good fit for you. We are a friendly community where people are happy to answer your questions and show you around.

Undergraduate Adult & Continuing Studies Graduate

Apply Now

Take the next step!

Undergraduate Adult & Continuing Studies Graduate

GC › Recent Devotions
  • Subscribe
Advent & Lenten Devotions  —  2009 Lent  —  MARCH 31 – A LIMITED FOCUS

MARCH 31 – A LIMITED FOCUS

March 31, 2009 Leave a Comment

Share Tweet Email

By Grace Magnan, a senior theater and environmental science double major from Minneapolis, Minn.

Scripture: Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 (NRSV)


DEVOTIONAL: As I read over this passage, I am struck by the anticipation of the Psalmist. At a time when I am overcome with schoolwork, the numerous other jobs to be done and with no end in sight, I have not been looking ahead with anticipation. There is one verse in the psalm that catches my feelings precisely; “Save us, we beseech you, O Lord! O Lord, we beseech you give us success!” Help me!

However, this is only one verse out of 10 where the Psalmist is not praising God and looking forward with anticipation at being with God. Perhaps I need to learn to look forward more. My focus has been so limited to the next due date on my schedule, that I have forgotten to anticipate the future and appreciate my wonderful God.

Have you taken time lately to think about all the wonderful possibilities of being with our Lord?

Scripture: Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 (NRSV)

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever!

2Let Israel say, “His steadfast love endures forever.”

19Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.

20This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous shall enter through it.

21I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation.

22The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.

23This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.

24This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

25Save us, we beseech you, O Lord! O Lord, we beseech you, give us success!

26Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord. We bless you from the house of the Lord.

27The Lord is God, and he has given us light. Bind the festal procession with branches, up to the horns of the altar.

28You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God, I will extol you.

29O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.


Filed Under: 2009 Lent, Lenten Devotions

Share Tweet Email
« MARCH 30 – HOSANNA! LOOK, YOUR KING IS COMING
APRIL 1 – EMBRACING MY HUMANITY »
  • Recent Devotions
  • Subscribe

Devotion Archives

  • 2018 Advent
  • 2018 Lent
  • 2017 Advent
  • 2017 Lent
  • 2016 Advent
  • 2016 Lent
  • 2015 Advent
  • 2015 Lent
  • 2014 Advent
  • 2014 Lent
  • 2013 Advent
  • 2013 Lent
  • 2012 Advent
  • 2012 Lent
  • 2011 Advent
  • 2011 Lent
  • 2010 Advent
  • 2010 Lent
  • 2009 Advent
  • 2009 Lent

Recent Comments

  • Devotions editors on God Sees the Secret Servant
  • Adela Hufford on A Treasure in the Midst of Sorrow
  • Wayne on God Sees the Secret Servant
  • Angela Maggard on God Sees the Secret Servant
  • H. Horton on God Sees the Secret Servant
Goshen College

Address

1700 South Main Street
Goshen, Indiana 46526

Map / Directions

Phone

(574) 535-7000 | 1 (800) 348-7422

Email

info@goshen.edu

Social Media

Social Media Directory

Web Privacy Policy |  Web Accessibility Policy |  Leave Website Feedback |  Login

Squirrels like Jimmy B., shown here on a bike, can be seen around the Goshen College campus.

Rankings

Affiliations