Over the past (many?) years I have read, concurrently, several different devotionals: Daily Bread, Days of Praise, and In Touch. More than a year ago I added Oswald Chambers' My Utmost for His Highest to the list. Several months ago I added George MacDonald's Diary of an Old Soul. Recently I began working my way through The Psalms ... in Scots Gaelic. One of my goals is to learn the language, and the Psalms in Scots Gaelic are one tool I am hoping will facilitate that learning curve.
The end effect of these multiple devotionals, not surprisingly, is lack of focus and a not terribly satisfying experience.
Therefore, earlier this year I decided to limit my devotional reading to My Utmost (which is being replaced by The Collected Works of Oswald Chambers) and Diary of an Old Soul, along with the Psalms and an occasional foray into the 3 volume Treasury of David, by Charles Spurgeon. One of the most important reasons for my choices is that I am drawn to Scotland, and particularly the Gaelic culture of Scotland.
Scotland has a rich Christian history and it is my dream/hope to visit Scotland again and again (having made three trips between May 2009 and May 2010) to drink deeply of her heritage, or ideally move to the Hebrides and work with/minister to the folk that live there. Far fetched? Impossible dream? Perhaps. But more than one person has suggested to me that God has given to me this desire of my heart, and we know that with Him all things are possible.
American by birth. Scottish by ancestors. Christian by the bluid of Iosa Criosd.
