It has long been my desire to use my Wellspring articles to put together a 365 day devotional book for daily Bible study. I had discussed this many times with my mother, hoping to have her guidance and wisdom to help me. Last September her health took a rapid decline. At the same time my older brother was diagnosed with cancer which had metastasized. Mom passed away and six weeks later we lost my brother.
Obviously, with such a loss I felt compelled to keep my mind occupied with something productive. That is what my mom would want. That’s also what my Lord would want me to do! So I turned to the Wellspring devotional book project. Since then I have been working long hours planning, studying and doing some more writing. Additionally, I wanted to illustrate the lessons with some of my art, so I had a lot of painting to do.
The format I decided to use is simple. It is workable as a daily devotional book, or as a gift for someone you would like to teach and encourage, or as an extended class book. Each article has three parts—the article itself, Part B questions, and Part C challenge and my art illustration. If a person used the three parts of the lesson for three days of study, I would need roughly 122 articles and that would cover 365 days.
Needless to say, it was a challenging work resulting in 405 pages! Yesterday I sent the final draft to the publisher. He is excited about it, believes it could be published soon, and possibly released in August. I have dedicated it to my mother and brother. More importantly, I give God all the glory and honor for this endeavor, and truly for anything I try to accomplish in this life!
I wanted all of my subscribers to know about it, first to let you know what was keeping me so busy that I didn’t get a new article sent out. Second, to let you know that I do plan to continue sending this monthly Wellspring e-devotional. You are important to me. Your feedback through the years has been and continues to be a tremendous blessing! I will let you know when the Wellspring book is available!
Today’s Verses: “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going” (Ecclesiastes 9:10). “And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him” (Colossians 3:17. “And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ” (Colossians 3:23).
By Teresa Hampton