Daily Devotion for April 19, 2006
SMALL CHANGE
May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish the work of our hands for us - yes, establish the work of our hands. Psalm 90:17
I love to see the dew drops glisten as they cling to the bare branches of a tree in the early morning. I love the way the water whooshes up around the wheels of a car driving in the rain. I love to walk out in forty below weather, when the cold crisp air frosts up any moisture on my face. I love to listen to the little stream rushing over the rocks in the gully.
I love to see the dew drops glisten as they cling to the bare branches of a tree in the early morning. I love the way the water whooshes up around the wheels of a car driving in the rain. I love to walk out in forty below weather, when the cold crisp air frosts up any moisture on my face. I love to listen to the little stream rushing over the rocks in the gully.
I once saw someone wearing a tee shirt saying, "Got any spare change?" The shirts were promoting a small-production movie and suggested that even our small change contributed to producing bigger things.
I like to read church signs. Sometimes they make me cringe thinking – “What were they thinking?” when I read what is put up. However, sometimes they make me think, like the one I saw recently, "We must be the change we want to see in the world."
I like to read church signs. Sometimes they make me cringe thinking – “What were they thinking?” when I read what is put up. However, sometimes they make me think, like the one I saw recently, "We must be the change we want to see in the world."
Some people think that all change begins with us. Although it may seem like that, real change begins with God working in our lives! On our own, why would we change? But we can surrender and allow God to change us (always for the better). They needn't be big changes right away. Small changes work wonders: changes in attitude; changes in appreciation of the beauty around us, of others, of all that we have, of all that we are given, of all that is ours to share; changes in our perception of what others are saying, of what we think they mean, and how we react. They all count.
If we let “the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us ", if we appreciate it, and reflect it, others will see it in us. We can "show" the change we want to see in the world.
Prayer:
May we strive, each day, to remember that even our smallest changes contribute to bigger and better things. Father, let me be willing to change so that you can work and shine through me! In Your name we pray. Amen.
May we strive, each day, to remember that even our smallest changes contribute to bigger and better things. Father, let me be willing to change so that you can work and shine through me! In Your name we pray. Amen.
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