Todd Starnes - Our Daily Biscuit: Devotions with a Drawl

Adv ance Praise for
Our Daily Biscuit

Todd and Michelle have delivered a heartwarming collection of devotions that will satisfy your soullike a hot plat e of biscuits!

Dr. Robert Jeffress, First Baptist Church, Dallas

This book is a buttermilk biscuit for the soul.

Governo r Mike Huckabee

Southerners are known for many things. Their charm. Soft drawls. Fine cooks. Amazing (and sometimes over the top) stories. And a deep and abiding faith. Todd Starnes and Michelle Cox feature all of those things in their new devotional book, Our Daily Biscuit: Devotions with a Drawl . (Even if you arent from the South, theyll still welcome you into the family.) So pick up a copy today. Youll laugh, wipe tears away, draw closer to God, and even find some recipes from those great Southern cooks. What could be bet ter than that?

Brian Bird, Co-Creator and
Executive Producer of When Calls the Heart

Youre gonna love these Devotions with a Drawl . Matter of fact, you might drool over them like The Swan! Get yourself a napkin and a cup of coffee and be fed spiritually and emotionally. You might want to grab a bi scuit as well.

Dennis Swanberg (The Swan),
Americas Minister o f Encouragement

What could be finer than biscuits and gravy? Biscuits and devotions! In Our Daily Biscuit: Devotions with a Drawl , Todd Starnes and Michelle Cox share funny and poignant stories about colorful Southern characters, devotions, recipes, prayers, and Bible verses, and then they add a little gravy on top with questions for reflection. I can promise youve probably never read a devotional book quite like this before, but youll be glad you did (even if youre just a South ern wanna-be).

Megan Alexander, National Correspondent
for Inside Edition , Author and Mom

Are you from the South? Youll love this book. Those of you from the North, East, and West will too. Todd and Michelle bring bursts of side-splitting laughter, tons of out-of-this-world Southern food (yes, there are recipes!) and a whole lot of Jesus in this much-needed devotional. Truly, in this day and time, I cant think of a better combination. I laughed. I snickeredthere might have even been a guffaw or twobut mostly, I drew closer to Jesus. I highly recommend this book. An d the recipes.

Lynette Eason, Award-Winning, Bestselling Author of the Danger Neve r Sleeps series

A POST HILL PRESS BOOK

ISBN: 97 8-1-64293-892-0

ISBN (eBook): 97 8-1-64293-893-7

Our Daily Biscuit:

Devotio ns with a Drawl

2021 by Todd Starnes a nd Michelle Cox

All Rights Reserved

Cover art by Joseph Huntley

All Bible verses were copied and pasted from Bible Gateway.

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Dedicated to the dear citizens of Starnes Country for filling our lives with great cheer on the radio.

Todd

And in loving memory of my sweet Grandpa Haynes. He was a true Southern gentleman whose daily example taught me about life, lo ve, and Jesus.

Michelle

Contents

C ountry is not just a geographic location. Its a state of mind. A shared sense of values like fa ith and family.

Michelle is from North Carolina, and Im from Tennessee. But weve met plenty of country folks from places like Chicago and New York City and even San Francisco.

So, whats so special about country folks? Well, I reckon it starts with the people. They greet you with sincere hospitality, soft Southern drawls, and ti meless manners.

The children say Yes, maam and No, sir out of great respect and under threat of grannys switch or mommas cas t iron skillet.

Country is a place where neighbors lend a helping hand. Whether its harvesting a crop or raising money for a Little League team or buying groceries for a family on hard times. As a country song writer once crooned, I have Friends with Tractors.

Its a place where folks still speak to strangers and wave as cars drive down a gravel road. Where gentlemen are still gentlemen and ladies are still ladies. And where hugs are just as plentiful as the Mason jars of sweet tea at a small-town meat-and-three.

If a country lady invites you to partake of dinner at her table, youd better jump at the chancebecause they know how to cook! And somehow, theres always room at that lace-covered tabl e for one more.

Enjoy potato salad. Banana pudding. Cobblers made from peaches picked fresh from the tree. Fluffy biscuits. Crispy fried chicken. Pork tended with love in the smoker. And Grannys famous sweet potato pie. Are you hungry yet?

Drive through the country. Stop and watch farmers on tractors in their fields and families working together in the garden. Visit roadside stands for fresh-picked produce and home-canned fruits, vegetables, and jams made from the boun ty of the farm.

Mosey through the back roads of our great nation and discover a genteel, slower pace of life. Youll find majestic blue-ridged mountains. Tranquil meadows filled with wildflowers. Beaches with sugar-white sand. Swamps filled with alligators and mystery. Fields ready for the cotton harvest. Trees draped with Spanish moss blowing gently in the wind like a grandmothers shawl. And forest glades that invite you to enter in a nd sit a spell.

Pull up a rocking chair or discover the squeak of the swing as families sit on the porch talking and laughing as they string and snap beans, tossing them into a chipped porcelain dishpan handed down from thei r grandparents.

Enjoy small towns where everybody knows everybody elses businessand often shares it. As a prayer requ est, of course.

And soak in the countless things that make us love life in the South. Clotheslines with quilts and laundry flapping on the line. Old houses and barns with stories to tell. Sweet honeysuckle on a fence. Climbing roses on garden gates. And the aroma of fragrant lilacs drifting through the kitchen window.

Listen to children laugh as they chase lightning bugs or wade in the creek catching salamanders and crawdads. As they walk barefoot in tender blades of grass and swing far out over the creek on sturdy vines. Cast a fishing line into the pond. Relax and take a few turns on the tire swing hanging from the tree. Or hang out at a Friday night hometown football game.

But the best part about life in the country? Theres a deep and abiding faith. Youre welcome to worship at little white churches where bells still clang throughout the community, reminding everyone that its time for church. Stay afterward for gospel singings and potluck dinners on the grounds. Come back for summer revivals and sweet baptisms in the river. And experience Gods precious truths that have been handed down from generation to generationthe most priceless gift our ancestors had t o leave behind.

Thats why we decided to write Our Daily Biscuit: Devotions with a Drawl. Its a celebration of faith, family, food, and our Southern heritage. Each chapter features a verse of Scripture, a funny or poignant story about Southern culturewith a devotional tie-in to bless your day or make you thinka prayer, and questions to help you deepen your relationship with God. Weve even sprinkled in some recipes from some of those fabulous Southern cooks.