It may well be for me that the time for "major duties" has passed-- those grandiose, high profile acts for God and country. It is often remarked that one's later years in some ways reflect one's childhood years; and this may be one of those ways. While we are keenly interested in a child's behavior – for example, whether they reflect compassion or its reverse, say cruelty to animals--we nevertheless have very measured, even restricted, expectations. It is in this sense that I seek the completion of no major duties, just the ongoing fulfillment of many smaller ones. And beyond that, I would pray that the Lord open my eyes to all those myriad daily duties that I should do, but sometimes neglect to do or fail to even see. I thus open the definition of "major duty" to include such things as writing weekly letters to my son.
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