For Such A Time As This 051420 – Karen Haldeman

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To the Good Folk of the Palmyra Church of the Brethren,
 
Joys and Concerns
If you have a joy or concern you would like us to share and pray about, please call, text or email it to me.  If you would like it included in our Sunday Worship sharing and prayer time, please share it with me that week by Friday morning.
 
Thank You: 
To all who call others to check in on them and share our emails and devotions.
 
Today’s Devotion:
I am thankful to Karen Haldeman for providing today’s devotion. Karen invites us to replace our worries about the future with our gratitudes for the present.  If you wish to respond to Karen directly, her email address is kbhaldeman@verizon.net. 
 
Shalom,
Dennis
 
 
Scripture - Matthew 6:34
So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.
 
Thoughts:
The other day I was worrying again, stewing over some unpleasantry that I thought might happen as a result of a poor choice.  In my stewing, I recalled the advice that wiser people have given me before: the cure to worry is focusing on what is happening in the present, right now, in front of me.
 
How many times have I heard this before?  How many times have I been unable to follow that advice!?  This time, however, I was struck an observation:  the cure for worrying about “what if” is in changing only one letter — “what is.”  One simple letter, and not always easy to do, but a very different outlook.
 
Prayer:
God of yesterday, today, tomorrow, and eternity, free my mind and heart of “what ifs” so that I can see your presence in the “what is.”

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