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by Marianne Abel-Lipschutz
Welcome to my FLASHđ„DEVOS/Podcast. Twice a week, my Flash Devos offer bursts of scripture with an image, insights, and a nudge under 90 words. It takes about a minute to listen or read thenđ„the moment shifts and your day deepens. Join me in prayer today! marianneabellipschutz.substack.com
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2 Corinthians 13:3-4Christ is not weak when he deals with you; he is powerful among you. Although he was crucified in weakness, he now lives by the power of God. We, too, are weak, just as Christ was, but when we deal with you we will be alive with him and will have Godâs power.+May the best reason for living well be that your quiet authority and joy model qualities others desire while acknowledging frailties. Such flourishing is indeed available for everyone.How you love and who you live for matters.*Olly Costello writes, âI hope my work can be a small contributing part of creating our new culture, grounded in honoring the inherent sacredness of all beings and pushing us beyond violent cultures.â Discover @ollycostello on Substack and at https://ollycostello.com/Thanks for subscribing!đ„Itâs good to be here with you. Get full access to Marianneâs Substack at marianneabellipschutz.substack.com/subscribe
Matthew 21:21-22 âI tell you the truth, if you have faith and donât doubt, you can do things like this and much more. You can even say to this mountain, âMay you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,â and it will happen. You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it.â+Withering a fig tree, raising people from the dead, and feeding thousands with bread and fish--these miracles manifested the power Jesus embodied through faith.Can we overcome difficulties with worry and doubt? *Jill Hinners searches for peace and inspiration on or near Minnesotaâs lakes and smaller waterways. Jill writes, âI collect iPhone images to document all the natural beauty in this place Iâm so fortunate to call home.âFlashđ„Devos is reader-supported with prayer, tips, and subscriptions. Thanks! Get full access to Marianneâs Substack at marianneabellipschutz.substack.com/subscribe
Job 22:27-30 You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways.When people are brought low and you say, âLift them up!â then he will save the downcast.He will deliver even one who is not innocent, who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.â+Can people be of benefit to God? When we feel as defeated as Job, think like Job.If God matters, then yes, people matter.âHundreds of asylum-seekers at the San Ysidro Border Crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, on April 25.â Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images. Published 8 November 2024. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/republicans-try-tone-trumps-mass-deportation-threats-rcna179326Thanks for being here!đ„So good to see you. Get full access to Marianneâs Substack at marianneabellipschutz.substack.com/subscribe
Jeremiah 14:17-18âNight and day my eyes overflow with tears. I cannot stop weeping,for my virgin daughterâmy precious peopleâ has been struck down and lies mortally wounded.If I go out into the fields, I see the bodies of people slaughtered by the enemy.If I walk the city streets, I see people who have died of starvation.The prophets and priests continue with their work, but they donât know what theyâre doing.â+Our Lordâs tears still flow over precious lives lost.Ground your solidarity with suffering communities in eternal love.Thanks to people like you, Flashđ„Devos is a reader-supported publication! Get full access to Marianneâs Substack at marianneabellipschutz.substack.com/subscribe
Psalm 138:7-8Though I am surrounded by troubles,you will protect me from the anger of my enemies.You reach out your hand,and the power of your right hand saves me.The Lord will work out his plans for my lifeâfor your faithful love, O Lord, endures forever.Donât abandon me, for you made me.+Faith is complicated. Knowing the power and believing in the Presence can clash. Reconciliation between ourselves, God, and others can bring peace.Lean in closer to the holy reflection in the mirror.Heidi Pitreâs series, âA Permanent Record,â features paintings and drawings on vintage library borrower cards, some dating back to the 1920s. âI selected each card by searching through stacks of books that had been cast aside and long forgotten. The titles of these books bring to mind times when we lived inside their worlds for a bit, rooted for their characters, or wished we could be with them or be them,â she writes. âThis project intends to open conversations between generations. It provokes discussions of the past, introducing old titles to new readers.â Explore heidipitre.com/library-cards, @heidipitreart, or @apermanentrecord.Your prayers, tips, and subscriptionsđ„matter! Help me celebrate two years on Substack! Get full access to Marianneâs Substack at marianneabellipschutz.substack.com/subscribe
The spiritual life of home and place shifts with the seasons for me. As my Thank-You gift to all of you who have come alongside me for the past two years of Flashđ„Devos, I offer my article about the world I encounter on my lawnmower, an unlikely but perfect place to connect with creation. May the ways you tend to the world bring you surprise and insight, too. Around the Yard in 100 Daysby Marianne Abel-LipschutzSpring mowing in Iowa releases the sweet pineapple aroma of chamomile. I discovered this stubborn, single stem plant in our driveway gravel, creeping improbably across compacted zones like it owns this place. Driving from one side of the lawn to mow beyond a building, I trim it so often that it barely tops my toes. Also known as Common Mayweed, this herb defies annual baths of RoundUp, subzero winters, snow plows, and herbicide spills. Green sprouts proliferate even after the grader blade shaves the gravel so flat it pools water like beach sand. Mayweed is a persistent gift that teaches me how to thrive in unlikely places.Chamomile varieties have been cultivated since the Neolithic. Commercial producers harvest a blue oil and components of the flowers and leaves for pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and teas. One source claims that people around the world drink more than a million cups of chamomile tea daily. The tiny plant yields bioactive phytochemicals that treat ailments from hay fever and hemorrhoids to insomnia and muscle spasms. Native to northeastern Asia and northwestern US, sources say chamomile was likely brought eastward across America with the Lewis and Clark expedition as they returned to St. Louis in 1806. Rich folklore and traditional healing treatments document its spread westward from Asia.On our farm, mayweed is a wild companion, my souvenir of our history here. We bought this property from the Federal Land Bank in September 1987 and did not meet the former owners until later. Foreclosed in 1983 during the agricultural crisis, this dairy and general farm had been operated by generations of one family for almost one hundred years. Neighbors declined to buy the land, a common protest strategy, leaving the acreage to the care of renters. The propertyâs ragged edges showed how quickly vegetation reclaims the spaces people leave behind.We moved here in late November after most plants and shrubs had withered. I would have liked to walk around the yard with the former owners to learn what grew where. Even if we had met then, they probably would have directed my attention away from the weeds. We had never lived west of the Mississippi or on a farm, and though many common plants and trees were familiar in this northern climate zone, many were new to us. Weâd come from West Virginia where eroded, hillside soils formed from decayed woodlands over rock and clay. Iowa offered a new nature with lush prairie sods and soils created by glacial drift layered over ancient marine sedimentation.Our first year here presented a calendar of outdoor surprises. Perennial onions, hyacinths, and tulips appeared after the snow melted. Rhubarb emerged like an organism coming out of hibernation. Asparagus fingers poked through like Rip Van Winkle calling out to meet the newcomers. Rangy willows waved their yellow catkins at us when we looked out the kitchen window. A solitary cherry tree by the road, exposed to harsh northwest winds for countless winters, finally exhaled some blooms after much effort. Peony fists shook in the wind along the west ditch. I would have enjoyed a crowd of white or lavender lilacs, even a few hollyhocks. Itâs just as well that this place had few frills. Roses and fussy ornamentals would have perished from my neglect.I feel at home with seemingly insignificant plants like chamomile that blend in as part of the scheme of things. Pineapple Weed is another popular name for this miniature cousin of the daffodil. It sprouts above the grit with a lime-green stalk topped by a yellow, cone-shaped, button flower stuffed with potential. Thousands of its seeds weigh a fraction of an ounce, an abacus of years counting forward into the future. We notice mayweed in northeast Iowa at the beginning of June when that unmistakable sweetness rises again.The area where mayweed grows best now was the site of the propertyâs original house. This small, clapboard structure had been used as a garage and metal-working shop after the family moved into the big house across the driveway, built in 1924. By the time we bought the place, the shop was a multi-generational mix of wasp nests, spiders, parts, nails, oil slicks, and metal paraphernalia that outbuildings accumulate as if by magnetism. We salvaged odd tools and dimensional lumber, and bulldozed the rest to expand the driveway for maneuvering large equipment.The demolition exposed that patch of ground to daylight and rain, activating a botanical l
Psalm 77:16-19When the waters saw you, O God, its waters looked and trembled! The sea quaked to its very depths.The clouds poured down rain; the thunder rumbled in the sky. Your arrows of lightning flashed.Your thunder roared from the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world! The earth trembled and shook.Your road led through the sea, your pathway through the mighty watersâ a pathway no one knew was there!+Godâs way may prove unrecognizable when lifeâs mighty waters feel impassable.Disorientation is a necessary part of spiritual growth.Thanks for being here today! đ„ Get full access to Marianneâs Substack at marianneabellipschutz.substack.com/subscribe
Matthew 14:35-36When the people recognized Jesus, the news of his arrival spread quickly throughout the whole area, and soon people were bringing all their sick to be healed. They begged him to let the sick touch at least the fringe of his robe, and all who touched him were healed.+Charismatic healers draw crowds, just as charismatic leaders do. When a charismatic leader is also a healer, their power challenges the status quo. Just the presence of Jesus changed things--both then and now.Leverage the healing power of leadership with Jesus.Thanks for subscribing! đ„ Sounds simple. Means a lot! Get full access to Marianneâs Substack at marianneabellipschutz.substack.com/subscribe
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