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SECRET PLACE DEVOTION
1 Corinthians 3: 5-9
THOUGHT FOR TODAY: So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 1 Corinthians 3:7
Miss Mildred, the Sunday church school teacher of my teen years, always held a special place in my heart. I never forgot her lessons, nor did I forget her own powerful example as a strong Christian woman. Recently, twenty-five years after I last saw her, we reconnected.
"I never knew if any of my students absorbed what I taught," Miss Mildred commented after I told her how I'd dedicated my life to Christ. "I remember some students looking out the window and others checking their watches, eager for dismissal time," she joked. "But to hear about you and to know that at least one of the seeds I planted took root is truly my reward."
All too often we engage in ministry without ever knowing the end result. Like Miss Mildred, we may wonder if we were just wasting our time. But perhaps we are not meant to know. Rather, we are called to step out in faith and sow a seed. God will take care of the rest.
PRAYER: Faithful God, thank you for people who are faithful to your call. Amen.
Monica A. Andermann-North Bellmore, New York
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