Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“I will lead the blind by a road they do not know, by paths they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I will do, and I will not forsake them.”
NL Daily Devotion for Thursday, December 14, 2023
by R. M. Fergus, Clergy Stuff
Blindness isn’t only physical. In many ways we can all be blind. Blind to our own weaknesses, to our inner selves, to the deep spiritual need for connection to God. When we fail to acknowledge these things, we wander through our lives discontented and irritable. God doesn’t forsake us. God provides opportunities for us to connect: to ourselves, to our neighbors, and to God. Our lives may be rugged roads to travel—we all deal with pain and challenges to various degrees; no one is immune. But when we allow God to lead us through our difficulties, we often find that the rough roads are smoothed out, the ground becomes level, solutions we could not see are suddenly illuminated for us. This letting go isn’t easy; we will always do it imperfectly. But God will always be there, never forsaking us, ready to hold us through whatever life throws at us.
When has God led me through a particular challenge?
