by Carolyn Dale Newell | Dec 19, 2025 | devotion
For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning. (Psalm 30:5 NKJV My heart ached desperately, and no matter how hard I tried, I could not hold back my tears. My eighteen-year-old daughter...
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Dec 11, 2025 | devotion
“Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.” And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. Hebrews 6:14-15 NKJV I’m sure you never had anyone warn you not to get ahead of yourself, or have you? Typically, I walk...
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Dec 11, 2025 | devotion
But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!”.” (1 Kings 19:4 NKJV) When it feels as if...
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Dec 11, 2025 | devotion
You anoint my head with oil; (Psalm 23:5b NKJV) Has the itch of poison ivy drove you crazy? That’s how my eczema feels today. When the itch arises, I begin scratching and the rash accelerates. The world can be like an annoying itch that won’t subside. The...
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Dec 11, 2025 | devotion
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. (Jeremiah 29:11 NIV) On the day I encountered the horrific pain of sciatica, the Lord came to me and spoke today’s verse....
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Dec 11, 2025 | devotion
My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, James 1:2 NKJV How can we consider trials joyful? How was my husband’s leukemia joyful? Joy disappeared when my child went wayward. Joy flees when depression chases it. Joy escaped when the...
