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I recently went trap-dishing for the very first time.

Learning to cast and tie the flies was relatively easy, but the trickiest part was walking through

the fast-moving stream.

I felt the pressure of the cold water pushing against me the moment I stepped into the stream.

I took great care in navigating the water.

My eyes were aiming for a steady rock in the middle of the stream, a safe place to stand

and push back against the constant force of the water.

Have you ever felt that type of pressure?

Have you perhaps felt pressure from the world pushing against you?

And have you aimed to find a shelter that would overcome the force of the world?

Well this meditation from the 16th chapter of John will help you remember that Jesus

is that shelter.

A simple word from him conquers the forces of the world.

His mere presence overcomes all the world has to push against you.

So to begin, whether at the first light of morning or in the growing shadows of evening,

allow the next 15 minutes with your savior to be a shelter against the world.

Allow your breathing to resolve and your eyes to shut or closed, and to settle deeper

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