May 27, 2025
Daily Devotion:
"Restoration and Guidance"
Psalm 23:2-3
New Living Translation
2 He lets me rest in green meadows; he leads me beside peaceful streams. 3 He renews my strength. He guides me along right paths, bringing honor to his name.
Do you get the winter blues? Scientists say that the cold and often dreary weather of winter does indeed affect many people. If you're one of those who suffer mild depression in the winter months, never fear: spring will come! The trees and flowers-along with your joy-will blossom forth!
The trials and tribulations of life can and often do affect us in a similar way. Both the weather and life's trials can make us feel overwhelmed, lonely, and discouraged, which canresult in the “blues.” Remember, however, when trials strike you like winter blizzards, you can know that, in many thousands of years of winters, spring has never failed to come! Psalm 23 tells us that God will make you “lie down ingreen pastures”, and there He'll “restore soul.”
When life's trials as sail you, why don't you allow God to take you by the hand and lead you through the trial to the “spring” of refreshing, restoration, and joy?
