Of all kinds.

A fence must be built; the needed wood will be found nearby. A garment must be mended; the thread on its spool will be enough.

A long journey must be made — will I have the strength, Lord? These tasks you set for me, do they always come with the resources needed?

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It has ever been so, it will ever be so.

Lord, let me not shrink from the day, but walk forward knowing you will supply all I need.

– from the mountain

Consider:

Can I accept this day’s duties?

Reading:

“All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.” – Julian of Norwich

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“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.” – Epictetus

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“But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 4:19, KJV

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In all ways.

If I am your instrument in one setting, am I your tool in all?

Or in some other circumstances, do others work on me?

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Let me accept what you plan for me, Lord.

– from the mountain

Consider:

Can I seek and do your will?

Reading:

“Each person is an instrument tuned for a particular music.” – George Herbert

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“We are fashioned by hands not our own, shaped and reshaped through all our days.” – Dag Hammarskjöld

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“But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.” – Isaiah 64:8, KJV

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Of a great distance.

I tried to head towards a distant town. Setting out walking, the way was at first obvious. Broad and flat.

Turning after turning, I chose what seemed the right way. I began to encounter dead ends and more than once had to backtrack.

I have reached a village. It is indeed far from my home. Is it the town I sought? I do lot believe I can even know, for the journey was so long my destination may have changed character between setting out and arrival.

Or this is a different town than I had meant.

Whom shall I meet here, and what shall I do? I had an errand in mind, will it be done?

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Can I accept that this is where I have been brought?

Let me accept the dawns that this unfamiliar place will bring me, Lord.

– from the mountain

Consider:

Can I accept that this is where I have been brought?

Reading:

“We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” – T. S. Eliot

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“Not all those who wander are lost.” – J. R. R. Tolkien

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“In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” – Proverbs 3:6, KJV

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Yet we are protected.

The storm came through last night; we clung to one another in the cellar against the winds.

Now I fear the air, for a never know when it might become calamity.

Yet somehow, Lord, you protected us. Every survival a lesson in strength, that I may use it when needed.

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Will tonight bring more storms? Grant me trust that I can live through another.

– from the mountain

Consider:

Can I trust that I will make it through the storm?

Reading:

“Do not pray for an easy life; pray to be made strong.” – John F. Kennedy

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“Storms make trees take deeper roots.” – Dolly Parton

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“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” – Psalm 46:1, KJV

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