It's all good so far

In our journeying this day,
Keep us Father in your way.
In seeking vision, clear and true,
Keep us Savior, close to you.
In our desire to do your will,
Keep us Spirit, guide us still.

The Traveller’s Prayer – Keith Duke.

I owe two days worth of reflection. Lunch was not conducive to writing yesterday (got away late and the tables were full) or today (vendor lunch).

The thought from yesterday’s reflection sticking with me was “Why do we look up to the sky when searching for God?” His presence is all around us, we just need to look for it.

Today’s reading was from Mark on the commissioning of the disciples. While the principal theme was that if you are doing God’s work, He will provide for you. The second resonates with me. It was; that if someone turns you away, simply be done with it, shake the dust off your sandals and move on.

I still struggle daily to have patience with people that somehow have control over a issue important to me, especially if they do not consider my issue important. Be it getting an issue resolved through technical support, getting through a billing issue, or just generally dealing with a bureaucracy that is impersonal and imperfect, I get frustrated, angry, and sarcastic. I used to take great pride at tilting at windmills.

I ask that I realize that I have no control over these folks, to realize that they too, are Children of God. I realize that I need to be more humble when I ask for their assistance. I ask that if an issue is not resolved to my liking that I simply move on and spend more time seeing the presence of God all around me.

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