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If each person you meet today was born in God’s thought before she drew her first breath, then nobody is just another face in the crowd.
“[T]o have been . . . born in God’s thought, and then made by God, is the dearest, grandest, and most precious thing in all thinking.” George Macdonald
“You created my inmost being. You wove me together in my mother’s womb.” Psalm 139:13
Spend a day trying really hard to be good, and you’ll probably end up either fat-headed or discouraged by nightfall. Relief comes with learning to rely, one small step at a time.
“What does God expect of us? To become experts in relying on Him.” Dr. James Houston
“And what does the Lord require of you? To . . . walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8
What if there were two things that would make you whole and healthy, free as a bird and deeply delighted?
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul and all your mind and all your strength. . . . Love your neighbor as yourself.” Mark 12:30-31
Father, please teach me to love today.
If you choose to memorize good things, little by little and line by line, you will soon have good treasures stored up in your heart for a rainy day (yours or somebody else’s).
“The good man brings good things out of the good treasures stored up in his heart. . . .” Matthew 12:35
Father, it is so easy to be passive about what fills my heart. Please encourage me today to be diligent instead. From Proverbs 4:23
No matter how sure you are that somebody (real or imagined) is everything you want and everything you need, she isn’t. That is very good and freeing news, once you get used to it.
“Nothing short of God can satisfy your soul.” John Wesley
“In Your presence is an abundance of completely satisfying joy and gladness.” Psalm 16:11
Imagine not having to perform or measure up or watch your back or worry today because you already have a safe haven.
“Make your home in Me.” John 15:4
“Home is where we can laugh and cry, embrace and dance, sleep long and dream quietly, eat, read, play, watch the fire, listen to music and be with a friend. Home is where we can rest and be healed.” Henri Nouwen
