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When you’ve decided that somebody close to you doesn’t deserve your kindness or time or forgiveness or attention, act as if she does (for both your sakes).
“Do not judge. . . . Pardon and release. . . . Give. . . .” Luke 6:37-38
“We should be rigorous in judging ourselves and gracious in judging others.” John Wesley
If you keep your eyes glued to your to-do list today, you might get a lot done, but it might not matter much by next week.
“Affection takes time.” Marva Dawn
“Love each other with brotherly affection and take delight in honoring each other.” Romans 12:10
Imagine being so sure of God that you don’t have to be sure of anything else.
“I have learned to be quite content whatever my circumstances. . . . I can make it through anything in the One who makes me who I am.” Philippians 4:11
“He danced along the dingy Days. . . . What Liberty a loosened spirit brings.” Emily Dickinson
Under the blue Maine sky, there are wide open spaces where a prison used to be. All the cells and iron bars and locked doors are gone. Now there’s only fresh air.
Father, thank you for freeing me little by little from everything that imprisons. Please free me a little bit more today.
“We find ourselves standing where we always hoped we might stand – out in the wide open spaces of God’s grace. . . .” Romans 5:2
When you start to trust that your own good is in good hands, you start to relax and enjoy all the good given to the people around you.
“The Lord is my shepherd; I have all that I need.” Psalm 23:1
“Enjoying each other’s good is heaven begun.” Lucy C. Smith
I took a walk with an artist yesterday. She saw color and beauty in things that looked dull and drab to me. What if that’s how God sees?
“[T]o be a real ingredient in the divine happiness . . . to be loved by God, not merely pitied, but delighted in as an artist delights in his work. . . .” C. S. Lewis
“The Lord . . . delights in you. . . . He rejoices over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3:17
