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June 28, 2017

Letting Go

David McCain (Louisiana)

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Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let 
your requests be made known to God. - Philippians 4:6 (NRSV)

In coastal Louisiana, one popular way we catch blue crab is to tie a piece of meat — often a chicken neck — on a long string and throw the bait out from the shore. When we feel a crab tugging on the bait, we slowly start pulling the line...

Today's Prayer
Dear Lord, help us to trust that it is better for us to put our problems in your hands than to keep them in ours. Amen.
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Today's Reading
Matthew 11:28-30

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