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September 18, 2020

Fetch

Brenda Brooks (Virginia, USA)

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Cast all your anxiety on [God], because he cares for you. - 1 Peter 5:7 (NRSV)

My Boston Terrier, Fester, loves the game of fetch. Often when he brings the ball back, he will not let go of it and instead it becomes a game of tug-of-war. I tell Fester that if he wants to play fetch, he has to let go of the ball. This...

Today's Prayer
Dear Lord, help us to cast our cares on you, knowing that when we let you handle them, you always have the best solution. Amen.
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Today's Reading
Psalm 28:6-9

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Whatever today brings, I will let God handle it.

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