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Letter 4352

What will be asked of me today? I worry that I will not be up to the task. That I lack strength, or words, or endurance, or intelligence.

I worried the same thing yesterday, and by day’s end had found I had all I needed. The day before, the same.

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All my past worries, disappeared like mist.

Why should today be different? And yet, still with me lives the gnawing fear.

Lord, let me believe my experience. I already have all I need.

Consider:

Do I recognize I have all I need?

Reading:

❖ “Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.” — Benjamin Franklin

❖ “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow.” — Mary Anne Radmacher

❖ “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.” — 2 Corinthians 12:9 (KJV)

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~B.R.

Room After Room

Letter 4351

I live in a small dwelling, two rooms, by a field, by a forest, on a hill that overlooks a valley.

In the morning, in the front room, I sit with my thoughts of you, Lord. Lids heavy, head bowed, gaze soft.

From this position I visit place after place. The valley road at market time. The path through the trees. The bend of the creek.

Yet I have not left my chair, lids still heavy and head still bowed.

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Let me return again and again to this room, to this moment with you.

Consider:

Can I dwell fully here before I travel elsewhere?

Reading:

❖ “Wherever you are, be there totally.” — Eckhart Tolle

❖ “The present moment is the only place where God can be found.” — Thomas Merton

❖ “Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.” — Proverbs 15:16 (KJV)

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~B.R.

Stand Still

Letter 4350

The gate was left open, and my dog escaped. I ran after him, calling.

The more I ran, the farther behind I became. Eventually I stopped and waited. There was nothing else to be done.

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My dog returned. He was not running away, but playing.

Lord, let me stand still for what I seek.

Consider:

Can I stand still?

Reading:

❖ “Stillness is where creativity and solutions to problems are found.” — Eckhart Tolle

❖ “Sometimes you must lose your way to discover the path.” — Thich Nhat Hanh

❖ “Be still, and know that I am God.” — Psalm 46:10 (KJV)

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~B.R.

Sorrow

Letter 4349

Sorrow over loss.

Worry over what may happen.

Yet still, the sun rises on the field and I go forth.

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The mainspring of the world keeps turning, and there go I, into the day with my pack.

Thank you, Lord, for occupied hands and directed feet.

Consider:

Can I continue to walk forth, regardless of how I feel?

Reading:

❖ “Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too was a gift.” — Mary Oliver

❖ “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” — Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī

❖ “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.” — Psalm 126:5 (KJV)

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~B.R.