What We Carry

 

The LORD said to him,

    "What is that in your hand?"

He said, "A staff."

               Exodus 4. 2

(What can we do?

How can we serve our God?

God says, 

   "What have you got there?"

God gives to each of us

      what we need to fulfill

  what He wants us to do

                and to be.

Sometimes an ability,

sometimes a place or equipment,

sometimes an unlikely situation,

sometimes the training,

         but always the strength.

And we bring our hearts to it.

In the Middle Ages,

    saints were always depicted

    with something in their hands

that represented their character

   or their work on earth.

For us, that might change daily --

    a skill, a love, an opportunity,

    an implement,

          or the courage to do it.

It is how we tangibly

              worship the Almighty

         with all our being.

Not to earn His love,

   but to express it to the world.)

O LORD,

Fill our hands and our hearts

   with what we need to

               bring You glory

   to this situation,

   to this work,

   and to this broken world.

Please help us to be mindful

   of our divine assignments

   as You reveal them to us,

even unanticipated tasks

     that plant sequoia seeds

     in desert places.

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