Old Ways

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Letter 4541

Traditional hand-cut wooden joinery with carpenter's tools

I walked through a grand home, built in a past century, carefully wrought by craftspeople. So fine, so sturdy. Were the old ways better ways?

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I roam the fields, thinking of how I used to behave toward my neighbors, filled with resentment. Today I am at peace with the whole village. Were my old ways better ways?

Lord, let me retain from the past only what is worthy.

Consider:

Can I embrace growth today?

Reading:

❖ “New occasions teach new duties; Time makes ancient good uncouth.” — James Russell Lowell, “The Present Crisis” (1845)

❖ “To journey and to be transformed by the journey is to be a pilgrim.” — Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening (2000)

❖ “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” — 2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV)

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~B.R.

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