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Imagine seven days in a row, all crowded with work and have-to, with seven more coming right behind them. Now imagine having one whole day in between, for nothing but resting and enjoying and looking up and remembering thank-you.
“We do not stop because we are finished. . . . We stop because it is time to stop.” Wayne Muller
“Six days you shall labor . . . but the seventh day is a day of ceasing and resting. . . .” Exodus 20:9-10
Becoming real isn’t easy. It helps to have a friend who is absolutely certain that you’ll get there.
“[B]y the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly. . . .” The Skin Horse to the Velveteen Rabbit (by Margery Williams)
“I am absolutely certain that God, who began the good work within you, will complete it perfectly. . . .” Philippians 1:6
Trying to love somebody out of my own paltry reserves doesn’t work very well. Maybe that’s because I’m not supposed to.
Father, You are intimately acquainted with all _____’s ways. You wove her together in her mother’s womb, and she’s never off Your mind. Please love her fervently through me today. From Psalm 139
“Love one another . . . fervently.” 1 Peter 1:22
When you wake up with an it’s-all-up-to-me headache, remembering that it isn’t feels like taking the day off.
Father, thank You for the relief of remembering that I can work hard and happily today without worrying about what it will amount to. Only You can make things fruitful. From John 15:4-5
“Today . . . I’m letting all the voodoos of ambition sleep. . . . I’m taking the day off.” Mary Oliver
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
