I was sitting at my desk today half worrying and half praying about the contents of the Editor\u2019s Note in the magazine. This page is usually the last to be sent to the printer, often because I haven\u2019t figured out what to write about until the last minute. I was reaching that point where commonplace fretting starts to morph into icy panic when the phone burbled. It was a reader trying to reach customer service. I definitely consider myself in the customer-service business.<\/p>\n
The woman on the other end of the line said she\u2019d recently moved and wasn\u2019t certain all her mail was getting forwarded. \u201cI\u2019m looking for my renewal notice for the 2012 edition of Daily Guideposts<\/em> and I haven\u2019t gotten it yet,\u201d she explained. \u201cI don\u2019t want to miss a year. I love the magazine but it only comes once a month. Daily Guideposts<\/em> is here every day!\u201d<\/p>\n I was happy to help her, especially when I learned that she\u2019d been getting Daily Guideposts<\/em> and giving it as a gift for 15 years, which is about the same amount of time I\u2019ve been writing for the book. I\u2019ve talked before about how reluctant I was to write devotionals. But once I started contributing to Daily Guideposts<\/em> every year, it changed the way I look at life. Writing devotionals\u2014and learning lessons from the other writers in Daily Guideposts<\/em> like Tibby Sherrill, Rick Hamlin, Marion Bond West, Debbie Macomber and Mary Lou Carney\u2014gave me a spiritual perspective on everyday events. Through these amazing little stories I saw how faith intersected with living. I saw how God worked in my life, even in the smallest ways.<\/p>\n That happens with Daily Guideposts readers too, which is why so many say they begin their mornings with one of the devotional stories and a prayer. As my caller said, \u201cIt\u2019s a good way of getting my day into spiritual gear.\u201d I know just what she means.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was sitting at my desk today half worrying and half praying about the contents of the Editor\u2019s Note in the magazine. This page is usually the last to be sent to the printer, often because I haven\u2019t figured out what to write about until the last minute. I was reaching that point where commonplace […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[294],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[1959,481],"class_list":["post-16299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-devotions-for-inspiration"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n