Tuesday after Trinity XIX
Lection for this day Deuteronomy 19:1-20 Matthew 15:1-20 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Dear reader, I would like to beg your forgiveness. For what? For my absence here in the writing of devotions. I would like to explain what happened. I had planned to take week of vacation (October 5-10) to do "fall stuff" at the cabin, hopefully getting a bunch of work done on the "study" that I am doing as a part of the shed that is up there. But, I also had an appointment with an orthopedist on October 2nd, for I had finally had enough of the pain afflicting my right hand (I actually had tests done in 2017 to confirm I had carpal tunnel, but tried therapy and a brace at nights in the hopes of forestalling surgery - with limited results). At that appointment, the doctor informed me that he could schedule me for surgery on 10/12, and I'd be able to resume most duties on 10/13. But, that after surgery I was to limit my ti