Our family continues with a long-standing way of closing the day by having a family devotion. This began with a challenge from Children’s Cup Ministry and Jean and Dave Ohlerking. It really has made a difference in all of our lives. This past reading plan from YouVersion.com was about a man named Brother Lawrence. He wrote a book titled Practicing His Presence which is the story of how he learned to spend his days as a cook always in the presence of God. Here are some quotes from the book: Nearly everyone has problems with wandering thoughts. The mind is a true rover. But since the will is master of all our other faculties, it can recall the mind and carry out thoughts to God. When I first began, my mind was also undisciplined. Because of this lack, my first efforts at devotion were hampered by the wandering and dissipation of my mind. Such habits are difficult to overcome. They even draw us away from the Lord and to the earth against our very w...