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You could waste a lot of time today by being anxious about not having enough time.
Father, thank You for giving me my daily bread of enough minutes and hours. Please don’t let me waste even one crumb of it. From Matthew 6:11
“[I]f we . . . waste a little less [time], there will be more of it.” Anthony Bloom
When you really want what God really wants for you, you can rest easy. Getting there is only a matter of time.
“A man with a skin disease came to Him and implored Him, kneeling and saying, ‘If You want to, You can make me clean.’ Deeply moved, He . . . said, ‘I want to.’” Mark 1:40-41
“Create in me a clean heart. . . .” Psalm 51:10
When you remember that your only job is to be as true as you can at each particular moment, it takes the pressure off.
“I never ask myself what the result of any action will be – that is God’s concern. The only question . . . is: what should I do at this particular moment? . . . [B]e at every single moment as true as you can with all the power of your being . . . and then leave it to God. . . .” Anthony Bloom
“Be not afraid.” John 6:20
Sometimes bad things turn out to be really good things.
“[M]ay all your plans be thwarted . . . that you may experience the powerlessness and poverty of a child and sing and dance in the love of God. . . .” Larry Hein
“Lord, . . . You have turned my mourning into dancing . . . and clothed me with gladness that my soul might sing. . . .” Psalm 30:10-12
Some people make you thirsty in the best of ways.
“He excelled at creating space for others. . . . He did it by maintaining a quiet, still center. This stillness emanated from him. . . . It allowed him to temporarily share the special garden that was his soul. . . .” David Benner (of Dr. Paul Tournier)
“And their life will be like a well-watered garden.” Jeremiah 31:12
What if every day you found yourself a little more alive than you were the day before?
“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” Vincent van Gogh
“God . . . who enlivens and arouses and invigorates. . . .” Romans 4:17
