Today's Thought - January

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January 23

I imagine that God speaks to me, saying simply, "I kept calling to you, and you did not come." And I answer quite naturally, "I couldn't until I knew there was nowhere else to go."

~Florida Scott-Maxwell

We are willful. We worship guts and individual determination. A man wants to do things in the way that he devises for himself, and it may not occur to him to open himself up to a Higher Power. Yet our Higher Power is always there, calling to us.

There is a paradox in this spiritual lesson: more genuine strength and more options are in our hands when we let go of our willful, controlling attitudes. This is the secret wisdom of a man who has learned from experience. The young, unseasoned man tries to control everything and push on things that he cannot budge. The wiser, more experienced man says, "I see the limits of what is mine to change, and I can let my Higher Power take care of the things I cannot change."

Today, I will notice those concerns that I cannot fix, and I will let them go. Then I will focus on a few areas where I can make a difference.

Today's reading is from the book Stepping Stones: More Daily Meditations for Men*