Psalm 109:25-26
25 Help me, O LORD my God;*
save me for your mercy's sake.
26 Let them know that this is your hand,*
that you, O LORD, have done it.
As I finish my time at the Sugar Shack, I wonder if the time I spent in service to our community is purposeful. I find myself smiling as I trek back up the path to my car. My coat is sticky with the residue of sweet syrup. I think it even coats my skin and hair.
And so it is with God’s love. I am covered in the sweet love of God. Covered by God’s grace and mercy. A film that can never be washed away. Maybe it can’t be seen by anyone else. But I know it’s there and it changes the way I wake up everyday, how I spend my time, who I am from the inside out.
Thank you God for the life you have given to me. For the health and able-bodiedness which allows me to share my time in service. Thank you for the pileated woodpeckers, the nut-hatches, the red-shouldered hawk, the cool spring water, and for the wise mentors who have shared their time and experience with me.
-Ellyn Siftar
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