Tag: Our Daily Bread

I got myself into this mess, so I’d better get myself out, I sometimes find myself thinking.  Although I believe in a God of grace, I’m still prone to act as if His help is availab… Source: Blessing in the Mess | Our Daily Bread https://dzxuyknqkmi1e.cloudfront.net/odb/2018/06/odb-06-18-18.mp3

My very first job was at a fast-food restaurant. One Saturday evening, a guy kept hanging around, asking when I got out of work. It made me feel uneasy. As the hour grew later, he ordered fries, th… Source: Our Safe Place | Our Daily Bread https://dzxuyknqkmi1e.cloudfront.net/odb/2018/06/odb-06-17-18.mp3

During a vacation, my husband and I signed up for a leisurely tour down Georgia’s Chattahoochee River. Dressed in sandals, a sundress, and a wide brimmed hat, I groaned when we discovered&mda… Source: As Advertised | Our Daily Bread https://odb.org/wp-content/themes/odbm-base/assets/download.php?file=https://dzxuyknqkmi1e.cloudfront.net/odb/2018/06/odb-06-16-18.mp3

That exclamation came from my daughter as she got ready one morning. I didn’t know what she meant. Then she tapped her shirt, a hand-me-down from a cousin. Across the front was that word: &ld… Source: “Lovable!” | Our Daily Bread https://dzxuyknqkmi1e.cloudfront.net/odb/2018/06/odb-06-15-18.mp3

I work with a team to put on an annual community event. We spend eleven months plotting many details to ensure the event’s success. We choose the date and venue. We set ticket prices. We sele… Source: Quieting the Critic | Our Daily Bread https://dzxuyknqkmi1e.cloudfront.net/odb/2018/06/odb-06-14-18.mp3

When Benjamin Franklin was a young man he made a list of twelve virtues he desired to grow in over the course of his life. He showed it to a friend, who suggested he add “humility” to i… Source: Humble Love | Our Daily Bread https://dzxuyknqkmi1e.cloudfront.net/odb/2018/06/odb-06-13-18.mp3

Advertisers have concluded that the most attention-grabbing word that viewers react to is their own name. Thus a television channel in the UK has introduced personalized advertisements with their o… Source: Called by Name | Our Daily Bread https://dzxuyknqkmi1e.cloudfront.net/odb/2018/06/odb-06-12-18.mp3

After being laid off from an editorial job, I prayed, asking for God to help me find a new one. But when weeks went by and nothing came of my attempts at networking and filling out applications, I … Source: Advice from My Father | Our Daily Bread

“Who will hug everybody?”That was one of the questions our friend Steve asked after he got the news that he had cancer and realized he would be away from our church for a while. Steve… Source: A Warm Welcome | Our Daily Bread

Standing in the crowded store aisle, I struggled to find the perfect Father’s Day card. Although we had reconciled after years of a strained connection, I had never felt close to my dad.The… Source: The Perfect Father | Our Daily Bread https://dzxuyknqkmi1e.cloudfront.net/odb/2018/06/odb-06-09-18.mp3