Good morning! Sleepy and tired from the loss of sleep during the last couple of nights, I sit down to write once more. I am glad that many people had their fun and now I am once more glad that its over for another year. Ha, I get dopey after a few evenings of sleep loss, I can only imagine what living with a new baby must be like for sleep deprivation. Did you ever notice how much more easily the mind starts to wander when short on sleep? Writing the devotional takes twice as long when that happens. Sentences come one at a time, with a lot of mind wandering in between them. You might imagine that during a time of persecution, an organization wanting to make Christians look bad could easily do that by depriving them of sleep. A court defense would be nearly impossible in a comfortable chair in a courtroom where, unlike television, drama is usually lacking. In that we must depend not on our own strength, but on the strength of Jesus to see us through. It is unlikely that Stephen rehearsed or even knew what to say when facing the court in Acts, but when he spoke in the Holy Spirit, whooee, what a speech he gave them! You can read it in Acts and marvel at the work of the Holy Spirit.
God is wonderful!
Bucky
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