Author Archives: Debby Mylar

Psalm 116:17 says: I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the Lord. It was many years ago that I first read this verse and was struck by this concept of a sacrifice of thanksgiving. I thought to myself: “Why would giving thanksgiving to the Lord be a […]

This week’s devotion: I was out of town all week involved in a church conciliation case. Along with a co-conciliator, we were assisting a church to work through misunderstandings, miscommunications, hurts and sins that resulted in the beginning of a church split. Thankfully, God used this time with the leaders and some of the families […]

Today’s devotions w/ Debby: As I read the opening verses of Psalm 102, I wonder how many of you can relate? In verse 4 the psalmist forgets to eat; in verse 7 he can’t sleep and just lies awake. Again, in verse 7, he is “like a lonely sparrow on the housetop”. Is the reason […]

Today’s devotion sent to survivors: Have you had the experience where you thought you were praying and talking to God about your situation and then realized you were only talking to yourself…mulling over in your thoughts some situation or the struggles you are having in a relationship, possibly only getting more and more riled up […]

Today’s devotion sent to survivors and advocates:) Today is the day between Good Friday and Easter. Yesterday, we “celebrated” the worst thing that could every happen. The only man that was ever perfect, who gave his life for the sake of many, was cruelly and publicly murdered in the most vicious of ways. Thankfully, that […]

Today’s post: I read this verse from Psalm 72 last week: “From oppression and violence he redeems their life and precious is their blood in his sight”. I thought, “here is the mission of Beauty from Ashes Ministries even more clearly than in Isaiah 61:1-3 which is where we got our name over five years […]

Today’s post: We had a conversation at Wednesday’s support group meeting last week about regret. I know that it is something that a lot of us deal with. We regret things that we said in the “heat of the moment”. We regret doing things that might have changed the course of our lives. Many even […]

Today’s devotion I am struck this morning by a few verses from Psalm 68. Verses 5-6 says: Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation. God settles the solitary in a home, he leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land. And verse […]

Today’s post Lately, as I have engaged in my daily practice of reading a Psalm a day I have noticed, more than I ever have before, how often there are a few verses embedded in a psalm that focus on enemies…even oppressors and abusers. As I read Psalm 62 this morning, there it was again […]

Today’s devotion  This morning, I urge you to read all of Psalm 55. In it, you will find a description of betrayal by a close friend, maybe a spouse…one who is an oppressor.  Verse 3 says: “The oppression of the wicked…They drop trouble upon me, and in anger they bear a grudge against me” Verse […]