Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Daily Devotional
Be renewed in the spirit of your mind. ?Ephesians 4:23
In July 1969, I was at Fort Benning, Georgia, training to become a US Army officer. Infantry Officer Candidate School was intense and highly regimented with only rare moments of free time. Surprisingly, on the evening of July 20, we were ordered to our company Day Room, seated in front of a flickering television set, and told simply, ?This is history.?
Amazed, we watched Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong become the first human to set foot on the moon as he said, ?That?s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.? Our usual curfew was suspended and we talked late into the night?not only about what we had witnessed but about life, God, and eternity. Our demanding routine had been interrupted, and our attention was shifted to what truly matters.
All of us need to shift our focus on a daily basis. Maintaining a regular time alone with God allows us to step away from our demanding jobs, break the routine, and concentrate on Him through the Bible and prayer. Our thoughts and actions will change as we follow Paul?s urging to ?be renewed in the spirit of your mind? (Eph. 4:23).
What may seem like a small step can be a giant leap each day in our life of faith in Christ. ? David C. McCasland
A small step is a giant leap
In growth and faith each day
If this step is your time with God
To read His Word and pray. ?Sper
Each small step of faith is a giant step of growth.