More From Inger J. Logelin

The idea for my devotion, “Behind the Scenes,” came from what my friend Jan shared on a hot Sunday morning in Monrovia, Liberia, where we were on a short-term ministry trip doing teacher training for children’s workers. It struck me that so many of the things we do for the Lord, we want to be “center stage” where we can be acknowledged for our work, accomplishments, or talent. But the ones who “provide the raw materials for a miracle,” as I said in the devotion, are just as important and valued. My friend Jan says she first encountered this thought from a favorite Bible school teacher. And so the circle goes on—we are inspired by others, we share, and we bless others with what we share!

Since I wrote my devotion, we have moved clear across Washington State to a small town where I am finding my place in the community of faith where we have landed. I am looking for new places where “my behind-the-scenes faithfulness can be a part of creative miracles in the hands of Jesus.” It may include packing a lunch with loaves and a few small fish as I imagine the mother of the boy in the John 6 passage did.