Mid-week Devotional:
Week of August 18, 2025
Last week my husband and I traveled back to our home here in Texas.
Before we headed out to drive the 950 miles back to our acreage, we checked all the tires on our truck. We discovered that one tire was low; 10 psi less than the other 3 tires. We added air to the tire before we left Minnesota and checked it every time we stopped for gas. The pressure in the tire stayed constant the entire trip. When we arrived at our home in Texas, we unpacked everything and headed to Walmart in Mineola. We found everything we needed and loaded all the groceries into the truck. As we drove through the parking lot, I saw an elderly man running alongside the truck waving his arms. I stopped and rolled down our window and listened to what the man said; “Your back tire on this side is almost flat!” We were not prepared to hear those words. The garage area at Walmart was still open and a young man working inside the open area added air to our tire without charging us anything. We drove 15 miles to a tire place in Grand Saline that was open even though it was after their normal closing time. The young man patched our tire after removing a 3” spike and a broken off screw.
Scripture for this week’s Mid-week Devotional comes from the Old Testament book of Deuteronomy.
Hear the word of God as written in Deuteronomy 4:39.
“39 So acknowledge today and take to heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.”
This is God’s Word for God’s people. Thanks be to God. AMEN.
God was there beside us during the journey from Minnesota to our home here in Texas.
God was there beside us and the man who ran alongside our truck in the parking lot at Walmart.
God was there beside us and the employee in the auto area at Walmart.
God was there beside us and the young man who fixed our tire in Grand Saline.
God was there beside us as God has been beside us every second of our lives.
Each day I give thanks that the “LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath…”
Today and, in the days ahead:
may your heart and soul be open to God’s loving presence beside you.
may you “acknowledge” God’s holy presence and may it bring you peace.
I will be praying for you.
AMEN.