Daily Devotions - Wednesday, February 20

Achieving Focus

Some years ago, a tribute to a young man named Chad Visser was published entitled Chad. He died from a stroke at the age of 22; the author is his father. It is a series of little remembrances that demonstrate how a family learned the significance of worship in their lives. Here are a couple of important snippets for your meditation today:

Dad reflects on “Focus”:
“I have spent the past 30 years of my life with clutter: business, non-profit commitments, time, more time, more time and more commitments. Chad’s death has cleared up all the clutter and brought the important things in life into focus for me.”

Grief, loss and transition can have a significant impact on every aspect of our lives. Near the end of the book are a couple of pages listing “Lessons Chad Taught Us.” Four of the sixteen lessons are:
1. Take the pebbles out of your backpack—a few at a time.
2. Difficult situations teach us empathy and true compassion.
3. Say what you feel while you can.
4. God is with us, we are never alone.

Chad is a helpful little book.

Ben Keckler
02.20.08