Letter 4409

Let me have greater love for you, Lord, greater devotion. My days have become barren, the countryside has lost its warm glow.

These are the days of gray duty — let me now redouble my efforts at finding and abiding with you.

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Let me have more devotion, Lord, now and here where I need it.

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Consider:

Can I sit still and seek you today?

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Reading:

❖ “There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” — Leonard Cohen, Anthem

❖ “Aridity is often more profitable than consolation.” — John of the Cross, Dark Night of the Soul

❖ “My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is.” — Psalm 63:1 (KJV)

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~B.R.

Letter 4408

Behind my home, in the field, it is teeming with life.

A den of foxes, grazing deer, furtive rabbits.

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Their problems are life and death, yet they do not worry over each turning. They act and live.

Can I be more like them?

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Consider:

Can I live my life today, and not worry over every choice?

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Reading:

❖ “I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained.” — Walt Whitman, Song of Myself

❖ “Thou madest us for Thyself, and our heart is restless, until it repose in Thee.” — Augustine, Confessions

❖ “Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them.” — Matthew 6:26 (KJV)

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Letter 4407

I encountered a pile of rocks on my walk this morning. I stacked them into a cairn for others to see.

Was I showing off? Or is it a gift for later walkers? Would I be happy without others knowing who did it?

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Let me become comfortable with anonymity, Lord.

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Consider:

Can I have truly humility today?

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Reading:

❖ “Society is indeed a contract… a partnership between the dead, the living, and those yet to be born.” — Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France

❖ “Humility is the mother of all virtues; purity, charity and obedience. It is in being humble that our love becomes real, devoted and ardent.” — Mother Teresa, A Gift for God

❖ “But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.” — Matthew 6:3 (KJV)

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Letter 4406

I moved from one dwelling to another. All my possessions, more than I had thought I had, are now with me in piles.

When before I marveled at the bounty you bestowed upon me, Lord, I now rue the hoarding and collecting.

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Let me refind gratitude, Lord.

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Consider:

Can I be grateful for your grace?

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Reading:

❖ “It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.” — Seneca, Letters to Lucilius

❖ “The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.” — Thich Nhat Hanh, The Miracle of Mindfulness

❖ “And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.” — 1 Timothy 6:8 (KJV)

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~B.R.