For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land … When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you. Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God. Deuteronomy 8:7, 10-11 (NIV) Shortly before my husband and I and our two small children left our hometown Houston to make the valiant move to the foothills of North Carolina—leaving friends and family behind—I was equal parts excited and equal parts uncertain. Okay, may

Early in the morning he (Job) would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them (children), thinking, ‘Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts’. This was Job’s regular custom. Job 1:4-5 (NIV) This week’s devotional is a revised version of one I posted a few years back and will be included in, What the Morning Brings, a compilation of 52 Mary’s Musings devotionals that I hope to make available to readers sometime this year! Father of ten kids, it was Job