Father, I am grateful for innumerable things with which You continue to bless me. From my sleep last night to Your presence in worship this morning, to Your companionship as I trekked around the back of our lot this afternoon. I am blessed by all things great and small!
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We have a fairly large drainage ditch that crosses under the highway from the large field across the road from our home. A lot of water passes through it but there’s been a problem…until this weekend I have not taken the time to clear it of leaves and branches from this past fall. We have also had a couple of trees fall across it in the back of our lot, causing more debris to collect. Needless to say, with all the rain we have had this winter it has backed up and flooded that portion of our lot. Walking back there yesterday I discovered a mucky, muddy mess!
Ideally, I should have addressed some of the problems early last fall. If I had pulled out some of the leaves and made sure branches were cleared out, the flow would have been good and there would have been far less mess with which to deal. They may not be big things in and of themselves – I mean really one single leaf isn’t a big deal – but get several thousand leaves stuck behind some strategically – but naturally – placed branches and they can add up to some major issues!
How often do we let that happen in our spiritual lives? There are things that need to be dealt with, but we don’t take the time to address them. They may be little things but they can pile up quickly. How often do we hear Your still small voice encouraging us to take care of what needs taken care of but we put it off? And it accumulates and piles up and gets bigger and bigger and messier and messier until eventually, it starts to affect other areas in our lives.
Lord Jesus, help us to be attentive to Your direction in our lives. May we be quick to act when You tell us to. May we not procrastinate. The longer we wait the more difficult the task will become.
Of course, the more debris that we accumulate, the more we ignore You, the further we will separate ourselves from You. It will become more and more difficult to hear You. Lord, help us!
Let’s take care of that one small leaf before they begin to pile up! Amen!
Mar 10th, 2019, Sun, 8:12 pm
