Day 2

Ps 37:1-18 * 37:19-42; Deuteronomy 7:6-11; John 1:29-34


Scripture standout: Psalms 37: 8 — “do not fret—it leads only to evil.”

Morning thoughts: Is it in the minutia of life that we find the greatest blessings? I was talking to a friend about yesterday's plunge taking. We shared our first encounters with being deliberate in prayer and what actions of good deeds ensued. 

The deed that unfolded in my little world was such an easy, small act. Friend-Who-Has-Her-!@#$%-Together-Most-of-the-Time, told me how a series of small choices — going to one Ash Wednesday service over an other, choosing to sit in one area of church over another — yielded an opportunity to help walk an older man and his wife out to their car. Nothing huge. But she said felt such oneness in that small, seemingly unnoticeable act. We wondered the little steps along the way help take us to the even smaller places where we’re needed. 

But isn’t it funny how the little steps, the to-dos, the details — all that teeny weeny stuff we all have to do each day, the junk that makes us feel like maniacs most day — can also be the thing that drives such a big wedge between us and the big guy? Talk about fretting! Minutia. I hate it. I’m not a planner. I’m not a detail gal. But maybe that’s where good deeds begin? And how do you distinguish fret from God's beautiful minutia? More later.