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You have made a wide path for my feet
to keep them from slipping. ~ 2 Samuel 22:37 (NLT)
As Jesus continued on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at a kiosk for collecting taxes. He said to him, “Follow me,” and he got up and followed him. ~ Matthew 9:9b (CEB)
Lord Jesus, you not only call people to follow you but you also clear the way so they can do so. It's not necessarily easy but it is doable with your support. Thank you for calling me to follow you and for helping me to do so. I am not always a faithful follower. I easily wander off the prepared path. But you follow me to lead me back onto the pathway. I appreciate that and will try to walk closely with you. Keep me aware of your guiding presence. Amen.
Challenging Word
- kiosk -- table, cart, or booth set-up to transact business. A kiosk is usually somewhat portable so that it can be moved from one location to another.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2015 I started posting these Bible verses for my spiritual formation students at Pacific Islands University. In the process of responding to the verses, I found the rhythm of looking for a common thread and writing a prayer based on that key idea to be helpful for my own soul. The prayers are more or less modeled on the TRIP method, which is what I ask my students to do in their journaling. ~ Brad Boydston
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
