Thoughts, devotions, and more from Jeffrey K. Ross, author of "Next Step Devotions"
Today is the first day in over 33 years I went without wearing my wedding ring. No, nothing is wrong between Linda and me. Something wacko happened to the ring finger on my left hand Sunday night that made it hurt considerably all day Monday and swell to the point where I could not get …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #143: Some Things Become Part Of You Over Time
Yesterday was a holiday, but you wouldn't know it by looking at either my wife's or my schedule. She had to work from dawn until mid-afternoon (and throughout the holiday weekend) preparing and serving a meal for about 170 people. I was home all day, but chose to work most of the hours between 10 …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #142: You Are Fortunate If You Enjoy Your Work
In an earlier post, I commented on how we sometimes need to act our way into the right feelings. Today's lesson is similar in that it deals with a back door way of discovering something about ourselves. If given proper warning, most of us would likely answer questions about what we value most with respectable, …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #141: Look Where Your Mind Wanders To Find Your Heart
The following is a reflection that comes strictly from my Christian convictions, so if that isn't your thing, feel free to click somewhere else... We hear a lot about justice these days. Sometimes the context is clearly judicial in the sense of someone seeking or receiving justice for some illegal act. At other times, "justice" …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #140: Live the Difference Between Justice, Mercy and Grace
I never served in the military. The U.S. discontinued the draft the year I turned 16 in 1973 and has had an all-volunteer military force since then. I remember my mom crying with joy at the news since she knew that I would at least have the option of whether to serve or not, …
