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Friday, June 19, 2020

Ask and Seek

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Matthew 7:7-8

The Nebraska constitution states that all children in the state shall receive 50% of their cost of education from the state of Nebraska. Over the years some schools have been reduced leaving some only receiving 6% of their schooling from the state.

This leaves the landowners in these communities paying the extra money needed for rural schools. Young farmers are leaving the farms because they cannot provide for their families.

These folks, myself included, have hired attorneys, attended meetings at the capitol and involved farm agencies to solve this inequity. However, in Thomas’s study of Matthew this morning, I realized we haven’t asked our Lord. Maybe it is time to have a prayer session.

Prayer: Dear Lord, when times are difficult and inequities seem to pull us down, help us to remember to return to you. We get caught up into thinking we can solve the problems and forget to ask, seek and knock on your door. Forgive us. Thank you for your words in Matthew. Guide us and help us to remember you can open doors. Amen.

Sandra Hilsabeck

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