Gleanings From The Word

Daily devotionals from Scripture to nourish your faith, deepen your prayer life, and grow in God's grace.

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Issue 1941 – Displaced March 19, 2026 0

Issue 1941 – Displaced March 19, 2026

I’ve mentioned before that the farm just up the hill from us is being developed into a subdivision. That has displaced many small animals and birds. That includes brown rats. There is a misconception that brown rats carry bubonic plague, but the biggest carrier of the plague during the Dark Ages was humans, followed by black rats.  Still, even brown rats can be pests.  Cute in...

Issue 1938 – The Big Picture – March 16, 2026 0

Issue 1938 – The Big Picture – March 16, 2026

We spotted this lovely little waterfall a week or so ago on a drive down a local area forest service road. What you can’t see is the bigger picture. It’s a tiny section on the lower part of a waterfall that probably drops 150 feet or more. The area we traveled through has several reasonably large falls, and, because of the rain, dozens of beautiful...

Issue 1937 – Happy Anniversary Church – March 13, 2026 0

Issue 1937 – Happy Anniversary Church – March 13, 2026

This weekend, our local assembly is celebrating its fortieth anniversary.  That’s both a huge milestone and a stepping stone for our little church.  Statistically, over 80% of new church plants last less than five years, so this one has done very well. Depending on which source you look at, churches that make it past the first 5 years last somewhere between 75 and 100+ years. There’s...