Weekly Devotional - LuAnn Kleemeyer

In the Scriptures                    
March 15th, 2026
 
The question from Pastor Pete’s sermon this week that has me thinking was – “Why do
you think God made a special week?” It has my brain going all over the place. Was it so we
could dye eggs and eat lots of candy? I don’t think that was it- perhaps it is so we could all slow down and really think about what this special week means and Renew and Restore our Souls.  

The time leading up to this holy week is important as well when we learned – There are
ordinary times and there are sacred times. As it is written in Ezekiel 44:23- “They are to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to
distinguish between the clean and the unclean.” While Ezekiel has many dos and don’t for how we are to live, knowing the difference of these things listed above is very important. This is how we can make a lifestyle change and not just a fad change. When we know the difference, our lives will change to be more Christ like and the temptations of everyday living will ease and the rest in our souls will give us the peace we seek.

When we seek to live a life that includes sacrifice it can turn the ordinary into the
sacred. Instead of flying by the seat of our pants, as my grandma used to say, we have a more focused life. One that is focus on Christ. The journey to renew and restore our souls may not always take an easy path, but the Lord will transform us as we make our own story.  One that will make us proud when we realize our lives are not about us but about Christ. The sacred time we spend with Jesus will involve offering mutual sacrifice. It is never just a one and done, but a new way of life, because as Pastor Pete said, the process of sacrificing takes time, it has a cost, and there will be planning involved, and as we know, anything worth doing well takes some sort of sacrifice. Psalm 51:19 – “Then you will be pleased with sacrifices offered in the right spirit-with burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings. Then bulls will again be sacrificed on your alter.”  

So- Why do I think that God made a special week? 2 Chronicles 7:15 “Now My Eyes will
be open and My Ears attentive to prayers made in this place.” I realize that I have work to do to be ready for what God has in store for me, and given this time to get my mind where it needs to be. Will you be ready?

Thank you, God, for your new mercies given every day.  

Peace – Prayers – Love
LuAnn Kleemeyer