"Got the right tool?"

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So all of this snow falls that I don’t believe in which covers our farm and the power goes out, but we find a higher power source and then trees fall because they’re weak from what’s eating them.

Of course the trees just lay there in the yard, not volunteering to cut and clean themselves up. Our yellow Labrador retrievers love them down, because they can play “fort” among the branches. (You do remember that game as a kid, right?) They weave in and out and chase each other through the fallen branches, having the time of their life; loving the snow and the trees.

So since the trees weren’t removing themselves and the Labs wouldn’t help either, I picked up my chainsaw and started cutting up the downed trees. I started with the smaller, outlying branches and worked my way up the trunk.

Pretty quickly I discovered that my chainsaw was too small to cut up the large branches and trunk. I remembered that it takes the right tools for the job.

When you get outmatched by your life’s challenges today, remember you have the right tool—God—right there with you to help you make a life.

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