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This Day: Visit us each day for a contemplative experience – an image, a Scripture reading, a quotation from Fruit of the Vine, a query, and a poem-prayer. On Saturday each week, we will feature an excerpted Quaker testimony. On Sunday each week, we will offer a Scripture reading, historic Quaker quotation, questions for consideration, and a personal essay from the Illuminate lesson for that week.

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Thursday, April 30, 2020

April 30, 2020

Scripture: Psalm 86:1–7

“Helplessness is the impetus for the poet’s invocation in Psalm 86. We call out for God’s help, And we know that when we admit our helplessness, only then do we begin to glimpse the face of God, our divine helper.” –Mark Almquist-Murray, Fruit of the Vine

Query: How has God helped you?


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Do you want to control things?

Get ready to be disappointed.

Let the Master do the work.

Otherwise, you’ll make a mess.

Some act aggressively, others weakly.

Some offer warmth, others cold.

Some try to help, others destroy.

The Master sees clearly,

acts accordingly,

never selfish or violent.

–Jim Teeters, in Because of This

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