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Jun 7, 2018, 10:47:03 AM6/7/18
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Good Morning,
Below is today's devotion from The Upper Room. I am honored to be your new pastor and am excited to do life with each of you. God is up to great things in the New Life, and there's more to come.
Blessings,
Betsy Stewart-Dooley
"[Jesus] said to [the disciples], “You give them something to eat.” They said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish . . . for all these people.” - Luke 9:13 (NRSV)
I work as a spiritual director and youth minister. After days of working long hours to prepare for a youth retreat without asking for help, I finally prayed. “God, I want to lead these youth to you, but I am completely exhausted. Please, please! Multiply my efforts like you multiplied the loaves!”
Then I began to notice all the ways God was multiplying my efforts. Two days before the retreat, when it was time to pack my car with all the supplies and food for the weekend, I prayed for help. Moments later, the retreat leaders arrived for their meeting and asked if I needed anything. The day before the retreat, God helped me prioritize what needed to be done and what details I could let go. Then, throughout the retreat, volunteers showed up and took care of everything I was too exhausted to do.
The story in today’s reading shows that God can take whatever we have — no matter how small the amount, how weak we feel, how poor, or how untalented we may be — and multiply it. When we seek God’s will, we can trust that God is already working. We need only ask for God’s help.
TODAY'S PRAYER
Dear God, multiply our efforts like you multiplied the loaves and fishes! Amen.
Below is today's devotion from The Upper Room. I am honored to be your new pastor and am excited to do life with each of you. God is up to great things in the New Life, and there's more to come.
Blessings,
Betsy Stewart-Dooley
"[Jesus] said to [the disciples], “You give them something to eat.” They said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish . . . for all these people.” - Luke 9:13 (NRSV)
I work as a spiritual director and youth minister. After days of working long hours to prepare for a youth retreat without asking for help, I finally prayed. “God, I want to lead these youth to you, but I am completely exhausted. Please, please! Multiply my efforts like you multiplied the loaves!”
Then I began to notice all the ways God was multiplying my efforts. Two days before the retreat, when it was time to pack my car with all the supplies and food for the weekend, I prayed for help. Moments later, the retreat leaders arrived for their meeting and asked if I needed anything. The day before the retreat, God helped me prioritize what needed to be done and what details I could let go. Then, throughout the retreat, volunteers showed up and took care of everything I was too exhausted to do.
The story in today’s reading shows that God can take whatever we have — no matter how small the amount, how weak we feel, how poor, or how untalented we may be — and multiply it. When we seek God’s will, we can trust that God is already working. We need only ask for God’s help.
TODAY'S PRAYER
Dear God, multiply our efforts like you multiplied the loaves and fishes! Amen.
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