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Prayers of the Children

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Blessed Children

Nine years ago in the year 2015, during a lesson that I was teaching on Psalm 29 I shared with the class that my spiritual mentor, Jack Hughes, had once told me that if he was ever sick he would like to have little children pray for him. He had brought tears to my eyes when he originally shared this with me, and the thought of him saying it still brings tears to me today. Isaiah told us that God takes a special interest in teaching our children, and Jesus told his disciples not to keep the children from coming to Him, and that heaven was their inheritance. They are indeed a special gift, and a blessing to us. Don’t the prayers of children warm our hearts and cause us to give thanks to the Lord?

Holy Saturday - Precious in our Gentle and Quiet Spirit

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional , Holy Saturday

Today is Holy Saturday, the day after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. This is a day when the world, during the time of our Lord, either took a breath and sighed amidst its weeping and tears, or exhaled in relief, believing the man Jesus was dead. This is the aftermath of a day that had been a whirlwind mixture of violence, sin, and God’s love. Yes, on this day long ago, many pious Jews were celebrating the death of Christ, but Christian Jews were either mourning His loss, anxious as they struggled to understand what had happened, or feared that all they once believed about this man had been lost. Then there were those who simply dispersed, and went home to resume their earthly lives. But given the historic perspective of what we know occurred during Holy Week, how do we choose to see this day?