Letter 4452
I must make a journey today, so I consulted a forecast to learn what the weather might be. The news was mixed: storms are possible. Yet the skies look clear.
How can I prepare when the future is a maybe?
Am I to carry extra clothing just in case? This adds to the burden. What if it is unnecessary, and I left home without something else I may need?
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It is a temptation to stay home.
Lord, let me learn to trust in you, that I may carry what I need yet also find what you provide along the way. All this time spent worrying over the clouds — let me instead begin the walk.
Consider:
Can I trust in you today?
Reading:
❖ “To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour.” — Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque (“El Dorado”)
❖ “Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see the distant scene; one step enough for me.” — John Henry Newman, “Lead, Kindly Light”
❖ “He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.” — Ecclesiastes 11:4 (KJV)
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~B.R.