I start every day with God and reading daily devotions from Our Daily Bread. Today’s devotion is titled “The Baggage Activity,” Kirsten Holmberg wrote this devotion. The scripture reading is from Leviticus 19:32–34 with the key verse, “Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egyp.” Leviticus 19:34
My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ; before I write, I first pray to God to guide my words to serve as spiritual food and guidance. I desire God to be my sole source of writing. All the credit goes to God, not me. I am his humble servant. I thank God that He led me to use Our Daily Bread Ministries as my inspiration for comments and witnessing.
As the virus continues to ravage throughout the country, people remain quarantined. Trapped in their homes, they feel isolated and alone. As a kindergarten Distance Learning Teacher, I stayed at home alone and isolated. I am teaching my students about empathy. I asked them how they feel about staying home and not going to school, playing, learning, and making new friends. Each of us shared our feelings. They learned how to put themselves “in someone else’s shoes.”
As Christians, sometimes the burdens we carry make us feel like foreigners—alone and misunderstood—even among our peers. We can always treat those God puts in our paths with the respect and understanding that we, ourselves, desire. We honor God when we do.
Reflect & Pray:
Who around you might need your empathy for the burdens they carry? How can you “love them as yourself”?
My Prayer for Us:
God, you know the weight in our hearts, and You graciously unburden us as we put our trust in You. Help us to offer care and compassion toward those in our lives.
Our Daily bread Ministries (2021/04/15) The Baggage Activity, Kirsten Holmberg, retrieved from www.odb.org 15/04/2021 The Baggage Activity