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Day 19 - March 6, 2024

Full Circle

“Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.” James 4:8 NKJV.

Like many meetings it started with an email, then someone mentioned an issue, then it moved to a Teams thread, and back again, then I lost track.  By the time we arrived at the conference table— the reason for the gathering remained in question.  There had been one solution tossed out early on – yet no one agreed.  So we went round the table.  

It was one of those meetings where all folks were agreeable—not one seemed to be pulling the conversation toward conflict for conflict’s sake; no smug remarks, no “caught texting” moments.   And after several rounds—we returned to the same initial solution. 

This time though everyone had spoken, listened, and further outlined the tasks, timeframes and costs.  The team member with that original solution—seemed a bit annoyed, that we’d had to do all this to come back full circle.  Yet, the trip around the circle is what brought us together. 

Lent finds us at the start of a journey with the solution laid out before us.  And we have done this round before—still it is in the process through each step that we come closer to God, closer to each other and discover that solution anew. 

What steps will lead you closer to God and your human family?  Write down three, share them with three friends, and move toward Easter’s full circle renewal. 

Submitted by Trish Dowd Kelne
 

Prayer  God of renewal, be with us as we step toward You. Amen. 

 

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