Lord, help me focus on what is important today

Some days, it seems like our feet are running before they ever hit the floor in the morning. Arising from our beds, we face a day of demands, some of our own making while others are because of jobs, school, even marriage and family.

We may see all of those demands as just the way life is. Those demands may even give us a feeling of importance because so many need us. However, that way of life can become rather exhausting.

Read the complete column in the Aug. 1 Kossuth County Advance.