When are we going to be out of this calamity [mess]? God’s people have been asking this question, generation after generation. Do you really think things will ever get better? Pain sharpens the senses. We must not waste the wounds. What are you doing to make the most of this moment in time to grow in your awareness of the presence of God? What is God doing to give us a “singleness of heart and purpose”? Remember: “The fear of the Lord is a constant awareness that he is watching and weighing our every thought word and deed.” What are you doing to practice the presence of God?