Efforts

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Day 17 - March 4, 2024

Efforts

“Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.”  Psalm 25:4-5

A week with temperatures below zero and the pipes burst.  The cabinet was open, the heater was near, the drips were dripping; and still frozen and then not so frozen.  We moved what was soaked, salvaged as we could, called the professionals and our friends too.  

Our efforts do not always lead to perfect results, sometimes it all freezes and thaws at the wrong time.  After the frustration we return to the sentiment— we are part of God’s plan, we control our responses, our choices, our efforts, and we leave the rest to God.  If we forget, nature has a way of reminding us.  
 
Submitted by Fredrikson Center Team

Prayer Lord of All, when the world feels too cold and weighs heavy on us with what we cannot control, may we place our hope in you and follow your ways.  In your name, we pray. Amen.   

 

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