leave them there.

Often my prayer is for God to 

pare me down,

boil me down

to the essential.

The me He has in mind for me to be.

That I would only be concerned with the 

stuff He has for me.

I've done my fair share of cooking over the last 

umpteen years.

I know what happens

to a pot of salted water that boils away.

Salt crystals are left.

Beautiful and white

and essential.

I want to be the salt crystals in the bottom of the pot.

I want only what God has for me.

Not all this

stuff.

This schedule.

This hurry up.

And wait.

I want to sit at the feet of Rabbi Jesus 

and learn like Mary.

Because that was the essential.

And Jesus said it was good.

So you and I today?

Let's not miss the 

pared-down beauty that God has in store for us.

The worrying and the waiting?

Leave them right here.

And walk toward the 

story that Jesus has for you.

Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you
~1 Peter 5:7

Many blessings,

Deni