DAILY READINGS: 2 Kings 15:32 to 16:20; Jer. 50:21-46; Titus 2:9 to 3:15
Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
Isaiah 35:3
It was a tiny chick that had gotten away from its mother. It
appeared dead apart from one eye which was slightly open. I held it
in my hands and watched again. It opened its beak. As I went about
my tasks I held that chick in my pocket. One hour later it stood and
the next day I couldn’t pick it from the rest. How many brothers and
sisters might be still following the Lord if a fellow Christian had
shown them warmth and encouragement? —J. Fleming
Comfort, comfort ye My people, speak ye peace, thus saith our God;
Comfort those who sit in darkness, mourning ’neath their sorrow’s load.
—Johannes G. Olearius