BFB-The Stretch Devotional & Guide 2026 - Flipbook - Page 24
REACH IN | STRETCHING TOWARD ONE ANOTHER
DAY 16: GOD’S BLESSING
IN HARMONY
SIS. DOROTHY B. ROBINSON
PSALM 133
As I glanced at our theme for the following year, I smiled with excitement,
I wanted to shed a tear, what a brilliant idea I said with a tiny cheer, we will
enjoy this fast I know, this coming year.
For they call it the Stretch, well we all should know what this means, especially after the
holidays when we barely can get into those jeans! But our Pastor, Rev. Felix Cole and Sister
Darneshia Parish were not thinking about what we wear. They were only thinking about
God and the Good News He gave them, that they couldn’t wait to share!
They knew from the Word that when God finished creating Heaven and Earth, He then
created man who was also in His master plan. He formed many of the precious things we
see and hold so dear. He also gave us many instructions, to lead and guide us year after
year.
I do remember the success we had doing the Daniel Fast. At first, we thought this task was
too hard for us to do. Oh God we said, how will we last? But look at us now. By Reaching
Up, God helped us to excel, and we know now if we Reach Out to Others, they too will do
very well.
For this is the plan God has for us, as He said in the first verse of Psalm 133,
