DAILY READINGS: Deut. 2; Eccl. 2:12 to 3:15; Luke 6:20-49
That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein
thou hast been instructed. Luke 1:4
Luke, the physician, gives us our Lord’s “progress report”. He is
laid in a manger wrapped in swaddling clothes. He is in the temple
in Simeon’s arms, and at twelve, sitt ing with the doctors answering
their questions. At about thirty, He is in the wilderness rebuking the
devil, then in the synagogue with the Book in His hand. At thirtythree
He is in the upper room, then the garden, then before Pilate
and Herod, and then nailed to the tree. Resurrected He is at the
seashore, then at Bethany, and then in heaven. Today, He is in my
heart! —Robert E. Surgenor
O Lord, when we the path retrace, which Thou on earth hast trod,
To man Thy wondrous love and grace, Thy faithfulness to God. —J. G. Deck