by Prasanta | Apr 1, 2020 | Devotions, Easter, God's Faithfulness, God's Protection, Justice, Mercy, Uncategorized
I wrote this devotional months ago, long before any thought of a pandemic. Yet, isn’t that true of any calamity? We don’t know when one might happen. But one thing doesn’t change: God is still the same God. He will address what’s wrong in the...
by Prasanta | Mar 25, 2019 | devotional, Devotions, Gifts, Lent, Purpose, Work
Below is a devotional I wrote for Eastbrook Church Lenten Devotional series. I hope you enjoy it and it blesses you. Read Romans 12:1-8 Some years ago, my mother gifted me with a handmade quilt. The quilt is a log-cabin design, with rectangular strips...
by Prasanta | Mar 11, 2018 | Devotions, God's Faithfulness, God's love, God's promises, God's Word, grace, Growth, Hope, Jesus, Learning, Lent, Lenten Meditation, Life, Poetry, poetry by others, Spring, Summer
My life is not a neatly planted hedge of planned events; it is, rather, a messy string of occurrences which the Lord is using to graciously teach me what He wants me to know. Anything that has happened out of my control is still in the Lord’s hands and in His...
by Prasanta | Jan 29, 2018 | Devotions, Prayer
It’s the place we come back to: the place we started. It’s the first step to any dream: taking a step, however small it might be. At the end of a task, we remember where we began, where it all started. An Olympic athlete looks back to those first...
by Prasanta | Feb 29, 2016 | devotional, Devotions
The Gap Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. Isaiah 59:1 (NIV) In 1512, Michelangelo finished painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, now regarded as one of the world’s most famous art masterpieces....
by Prasanta | Jun 28, 2010 | Beauty, Devotions, Treasures, Uncategorized
I love trees. It’s sad to me to live in a suburban house where there are only a few baby trees on the perimeter of the yard. I’m missing grand, stately trees with branches that stretch across the yard and provide ample shade, and with hundreds of leaves...
by Prasanta | Jun 23, 2009 | Devotions, Faithfulness, Prayer, Promises, Quotes, Treasures
Make a point, whenever you receive a promise from God, to get all you can out of it. If you carry out that rule, it is wonderful what you will gain. Some go on the principle of getting as little as possible out of God’s word. Such a plan may be wise with a man’s word,...
by Prasanta | Jun 5, 2009 | Christianity, Devotions, Other Posts, Prayer, Promises
Recently I was following a story of a young girl, 12 years old, who lives in my hometown, and who was diagnosed with cancer about 1 1/2 years ago. Sadly, her mother died of cancer two years ago. She has two brothers. I was interested in the story because this family...