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“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.
“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times.
But that is not for them to decide.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
— J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
4 Comments
Sara
“All we have to do”
Yes.
Some days. Some moments it feels like the impossible.
Know in those moments that you have chosen well. That many see you trudging through the muck and continuing to choose well. That there is a host of witnesses cheering you on. And interceding daily at the Throne for you.
laceykeigley
That host of witnesses. I absolutely know it exists.
Deborah
Yes. And yes again.
Every day, deciding what to do with each thing we are given.
“In everything give thanks…” I don’t necessarily think it means FOR everything. But in the midst of everything… To be thankful. To find something to praise Him for.
Thank you for this. It was what I needed today.
laceykeigley
It’s so hard to decide well some days.
But so important.