Highlights inspired by lyrics to “Look How Far You’ve Come” by Sue Riley: “Hasn’t it been great?… Let’s talk about the future. Let’s cool off with the rain.’”
“We’ve come through the desert and now we sit here in the shade. Though we’re not where we were heading, just look how far we’ve come.”
I now see the beauty in the days that have gone by.
Each day, I remind myself to treasure what I have. Look how far I’ve come!
Responsive Reading for January 28
“The flood continued upon the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark, so that it rose above the earth. The waters swelled and increased greatly on the earth, but the ark floated on the surface of the waters” (Genesis 7:17-18).
“Hasn’t it been great?… Let’s talk about the future. Let’s cool off with the rain.’”
“The Lord, your God, has directed all your journeying in the wilderness …. fed you with manna . . . so you might know that it is not by bread alone that people live, but by all that comes forth from the mouth of the Lord” (Deuteronomy 8:2-23).
We’ve come through the desert and now we sit here in the shade.
Though we’re not where we were heading, just look how far we’ve come.
Lord, “Your good spirit you bestowed on them, to give them understanding …. In the desert you sustained them: they did not want…” (Nehemiah 9:20-21).
I now see the beauty in the days that have gone by.
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go” (Joshua 1:9).
Each day, I remind myself to treasure what I have. Look how far I’ve come!