Saturday, August 18, 2012

Devotion for Today

Today I read a devotion that really spoke to me in my slowed down condition...which brings much frustration some days...

Large streams from little fountains flow..David Everett

Somewhere nearby, no matter where we are, runs a creek. We have seen plenty of them, narrow and rocky. In summer, it’s hardly a creek at all, but in the spring, it leads to a mighty river.

Each of us like that creek, a trickle contributing to some greater plan.  Sometimes we feel dried up, contributing nothing.  Often we feel small, rocky not up to the task -when we can understand what the task is.

Sometimes the task seems too simple-get up each morning, love and work and live the day as honestly as we can. What kind of contribution is that?  Sometimes it seems too complicated. How much more we could contribute if we could see the whole river-where it begins and ends-if we knew what would happen tomorrow.

So we ebb and flow. And in our moments of contentment, we know we are doing our best we can each day

What contribution, no matter how small, can I contribute to the world today????
I am thinking of at least three!!