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When you’re willing to imagine all your dark and unlovely places someday loved whiter than snow, you can sail right past all the blame and shame today.
"There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable." G. K. Chesterton
“Cleanse me, and I will be whiter than snow.” Psalm 51:7
What if the very things that make your heart sing are the things your brother needs?
“The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” Frederick Buechner
“Give, and it will be given to you.” Luke 6:38
When you spread out all your broken and scattered and even ugly pieces in front of somebody and she comes closer anyway, you start to get whole.
“She is a friend of mind. . . . The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order.” Toni Morrison
“[B]earing with each other. . . .” Colossians 3:13
If you’re feeling way too small and unsteady for this steep path of a day, the best thing to do is ask for help.
Father, on my own, I am small and weak and self-centered. Be large and strong and open-hearted for me.
“The Lord makes my feet like the feet of a deer, so that I can walk in high, mountainous places.” Habakkuk 3:19
This morning, a friend spoke kind, I-understand words that were sweetly healing. Now I want to be careful to speak well, too.
“Kind words are like a honeycomb – sweet to the soul and healing to the body.” Proverbs 16:24
“[B]e careful little mouth what you say. . . .” A child’s song
When you’ve been in the habit of worrying about somebody you love and carrying his pain for a long time, stopping (even for an hour) feels light as a feather. Sometimes you don’t realize how heavy a burden is until you put it down for a while.
“I trust You to lift [______] up and carry him.” Psalm 143:8
Lord, please give me the humility and courage to cultivate the habit of entrusting ______ to You.
