What Was

Today’s Reflection

Loss often leads us into the wilderness; letting go of what we have lost allows us to rely on God to lead us through and out on the other side. We are forced to see ourselves and everything around us differently, to let die what was so that something new might emerge.

—Caroline Vogel, “In the Gap,” in The Upper Room Disciplines 2026 (Upper Room Books, 2025)

Today’s Question

What do you need to let go of for God to do something new in you? Join the conversation.

Today’s Scripture

The whole congregation of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”—Exodus 16:2–3 (NRSVUE)

Prayer for the Week

Jesus, you have entered every place on this earth so that we might live and grow in you. May we open our doors to you and to your teachings. Amen. Submit your prayer to The Upper Room.