07-15-2026 Morning Meditations along the Bending Road

A bend in the road is a situation or event which interrupts or changes life. We all experience bends in our road, but how we manage them can sometimes be a challenge. It is my hope to encourage you as you navigate the bends in your road! Through stories from my own life, prayer, and scripture, I want to walk with you through the bends in your road. Romans 8:12-25 (NIV): 12 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. 13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live. 14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. 15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. 18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. 19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. 20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God. 22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Ro 8:12–25. https://bendingroad.weebly.com/bend-i... Check out my Random Ramblings - Every Friday morning! Join us for Morning Pray Monday through Thursdays - Live @6:00am