By Lesallan February 27, 2026

Friday Afternoon Devotion

Finding Rest and Renewal at the Week’s End

As another week comes to a close, Friday afternoon invites us to pause and reflect. It’s a precious opportunity to lay down the burdens we’ve carried, offering them up in prayer and gratitude. Take a moment to acknowledge your accomplishments and the lessons learned, trusting that each challenge has shaped your journey.

Let us remember Psalm 23:2, “He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters.” In these words, we find reassurance that God provides rest for our souls. As you transition into the weekend, seek His peace and allow yourself to be refreshed—body, mind, and spirit.

May this time be filled with thankfulness, hope, and a renewed sense of purpose. Invite God’s presence into your heart and look forward to the week ahead with faith. Amen.

 ~Lesallan ❤️🙏🤗


Lesallan

Lesallan Bostron is a Christian leader, writer, and practitioner committed to incarnational ministry and cross‑cultural partnership. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Christian Leadership and combines academic study with hands‑on experience in community engagement, discipleship, and mission strategy. Lesallan’s work emphasizes culturally sensitive approaches that prioritize local leadership, long‑term sustainability, and spiritual formation. His vocational journey includes service in the Air Force, experience in sales, and practical stewardship of rural life, including horse care and farm work. These varied roles have shaped his pastoral instincts, resilience, and capacity to work across social and cultural boundaries. Lesallan brings this practical wisdom into classroom settings, short‑term mission planning, and curriculum design, always centering humility, listening, and mutual accountability. Lesallan’s research and writing focus on rethinking mission from models of exportation to models of partnership. He draws on historical examples, contemporary missiological scholarship, and lived practice to advocate for pre‑departure listening, capacity transfer, and reparative accountability. His devotional writing and teaching aim to bridge academic insight and spiritual formation, helping churches and practitioners translate theology into ethical, effective ministry. Available for speaking, teaching, and collaborative projects, Lesallan seeks partnerships that honor local agency and cultivate sustainable discipleship. He lives in Wisconsin and welcomes conversation with pastors, mission leaders, and educators who are committed to faithful, contextually wise engagement.

2 Comments

Carolyn Belshe · February 28, 2026 at 12:09 pm

Les, I keep thinking I want to ask, Have you considered publishing an easy to manage type of devotions book?

    Lesallan · February 28, 2026 at 3:46 pm

    Possibly?

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