Devotional – September 19, 2025

From the poet John Roedel: 

Me: The world is completely out of control!

God: I know. It’s such an adventure, right? 

Me: No! It’s like being on a runaway train! I need to feel like I am in control of my life. 

God: You want to be in control? 

Me: Yes! 

God: You are living on a spinning wet rock of a planet that resides next to a constantly exploding fireball in the middle of an ever-expanding universe that is filled with mysteries beyond your wildest imagination. 

Me: Um, okay….

God: And on this planet that you are hurtling through the great expanse in – you are coexisting with billions of other people who have free-will and their own experiences that shape their perspectives and beliefs.

Me: Yeah…? 

God: And while all this is going on your soul is residing in a physical body that is such a miracle of delicate engineering that at any given moment could produce its last heartbeat.

Me: Right…

God: What is it about your existence that you think you have any control of?

Me: Um…

God: Come on – you know the answer to this. What can you control?

Me: How kind I am to people?

God: Yep and one other thing.

Me: What’s that?

God: How kind you are to yourself. Aside from that – most of everything else is a bit outside of your design. 

Me: This is a bit terrifying…

God: All great adventures are!

Art by Valery Rybakow

Peace Be With You. – Paul