I’m behind on my goal of writing two devotionals a week and I’m feeling too scattered this morning to get one done today. So, here’s something different.
An author recommendation: Ann Tatlock. I just finished her latest novel, Things We Once Held Dear. This book is a study of a man returning home after an absence of many years to confront some unfinished business. I met her two years ago in Ashville at the Writing for the Soul conference. We had a chat at dinner about borderline personality disorder and she kindly looked at some of my writing. Even though I’m famous among my friends for not remembering what I read, I often remember a wonderful father character from another of her stories. I’ve seen her work in general market bookstores, not just Christian ones.
Here’s a prayer for the day: Sweet Jesus, how we need you. We need you like flowers need rain. We need you like stomachs need food. Like the earth needs the sun. We are made to need you. Help us be more and more comfortable in our dependence. The world expects us to be independent, autonomous, and thinks something wrong with us if we acknowledge need. But we are always needy and you are always sufficient. Thank you. Help us let you meet our needs today. So be it.