Pam Frame's "Walter Mouse" Devotions

Enjoy these selections from the last 90 days of Walter Mouse's weekly "Field Mouse Evangelism" devotions. The devotions are listed in descending order by date with the most recent devotion at the top. Click here if you would like to read the Wending Our Way devotions.

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Sharing The Table

May 4, 2024

Bill and Harvey and I were visiting in a nursing home today. We stopped for lunch in their very busy in-house café. Bill and Harvey were fortunate enough to get the last free table. Soon after we got settled with our order, an elderly woman stopped and asked if she could sit with us, since all the other tables were full. Naturally we agreed, so she joined us for what turned out to be a quietly pleasant lunch. As she finished her lunch and stood up to leave, she gave us the sweetest smile and said, "Thanks for sharing your table."

Her comment made me think of Jesus and Communion, and of Jesus and the table He's prepared "before me in the presence of my enemies." In each case, He's offering way more than just a pleasant lunch. He's offering His love and provision for all of eternity.

Jesus, thanks for sharing Your table!

Luke 24:30 ...When he was at the table with them....

Empty??

April 27, 2024

Bill went to put a band aid on his one finger today. (He got bitten by a cactus when he was weeding.) For some reason, the wrapper was empty. Not a thing in it. I have no idea what happened to the band aid. Anyway - Bill picked the wrapper out of the box expecting to find something useful inside it, but it didn't work out that way.

Like this little paper sleeve, people can get empty, too. Life just drains us sometimes. Unless we keep ourselves filled emotionally, physically and spiritually, others may find us empty when they come looking for our help.

We can't give what we don't have within us.

Genesis 37:24 ...the cistern was empty.

Take God Along

April 20, 2024

My cat friend Queenie Buttertoes stopped in for a visit today and we got into a discussion about the word "lean" - as in "lean against." People do it all the time - lean on posts, against walls and furniture or even on other people. We wondered if leaning's good. We decided that sometimes it is, especially when we need extra support.

Ancient shepherds were good at leaning. A shepherd often leaned on his staff (wooden pole that looked like a candy cane without the stripes) as he walked about the rocky uneven fields and hillsides of Palestine. The staff made him much more surefooted than he was without it. God invites us to lean - on Him! He knows that we can go through our days clumsily bumping along on our own or we can lean on Him as we take each step.

Leaning on God makes us much more surefooted, too - kind of like having a third leg. Take God along each day. It makes the journey easier.

Exodus 4:20 ... [Moses]...took the staff of God in his hand.

Invalid Entry

April 6, 2024

Bill just tried to order some books on-line. He did OK until he had to enter his credit card number - then he went too fast, got tangled up and the computer flashed a red message: "Invalid Entry. Please Try Again." When he slowed down, he was able to get everything entered correctly.

As I watched him complete his order, it occurred to me that God probably longs to say the same thing to us when we insist on saying, "I'll do it myself!" That's an "invalid entry" because God wants to do stuff with us and for us. When we're intent on doing stuff ourselves, he often wants us to "try again"...with Him.

Psalms 18:6 ...I cried to my God for help.

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