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If a good God really loved you, it would be hard to stay worried or insecure or driven or discouraged unless you thought He was exaggerating.
“What [if] . . . the truest thing about [God’s] heart toward yours is not disappointment or disapproval but deep, fiery, passionate love?” John Eldredge
“As the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so your God will rejoice over you.” Isaiah 62:5
Every choice you make today changes you. By bedtime, you’ll be a different person.
“[E]very time you make a choice, you are turning the central part of you . . . into something a little different from what it was before. . . . [Y]ou are slowly turning this central thing either into a heavenly creature or into a hellish creature. . . .” C. S. Lewis
“[B]e metamorphosed. . . .” Romans 12:2
When you’re in a safe and sheltered place, you don’t have to worry about storms and danger and such.
“[I]n the shadow of Your wings I will sing for joy.” Psalm 63:7
“O Lord, who art as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land, . . . in Thine abundant compassion and unutterable tenderness, bring us, we pray Thee, unto Thy rest.” Christina Rosetti
When God invites you not to worry, you can say yes-thank-you (and rest), or you can say yes-but.
“I am the Lord your God, who holds your right hand and says to you, ‘Do not fear. I will help you.’” Isaiah 41:13
Father, please teach my fearful heart to trust You and rest.
What if God’s dos and don’ts (even the most inconvenient ones) are only there to keep you and yours well and good?
“The Lord said . . . ‘If only they would keep all My commandments, so that it might be well and good with them and their children always.’” Deuteronomy 5:28-29
“Aim to do right.” Sign from a barn in Maine
Little children know that they’re too small to carry the weight of the world. Do I?
“Little children, . . .” John 13:33 (Jesus to the twelve at the last supper)
“The peak age of laughter is age four.” Dr. Richard Swenson
