January 31, 2025 - Good Morning! It’s Friday, January 31.
As this month is ending, I’m reminded of a beginning. By January of 2022, I had been sending out these little daily thoughts, by email, for a couple of years. They started when the world stopped - for the Covid pandemic. The devotions were a way to stay connected with family, friends, and the volunteers I worked with at my church. And then, on January 31, a new door opened.
Earlier that month I had given a presentation to an area leadership group. I decided to read a dozen of my favorite devotions and paired them with items from my collections. The crowd was very gracious, and in the crowd was J.J. Ford, publisher of the news website, Shelby County Today. She asked if I would like to include the Daily Devotions in her site. I had to think long and hard about it - for about half a second - and then answered “Yes!”.
Shelby County Today, and J.J.’s team, does a fantastic job of keeping us up to date on all the goings on in our area. It is one of the strongest “voices” of our community, and during this month of January it has been visited more than 750,000 times. It continues to be my honor, pleasure, and blessing to play a small part in it. Thank you Shelby County Today! And thank you to all who read David’s Daily Devotions. I echo the words of the Apostle Paul in Philippians 1:3 - “I thank my God, every time I think of you”.
Meet you back here on Monday,
David
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