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Last Saturday morning, I watched World War II vets deplane at Washington Reagan into an ocean of thank-you – a brass band, flags and beauty queens, shouts and cheers and handshakes. The rest of us, the racing travelers, joined in. We forgot about ourselves for a heavenly while.
“Six billion people live in this world, and I can only muster thoughts for one.” Donald Miller
“Don’t think only about your own affairs. . . .” Philippians 2:3-4
When you watch a young father watching his infant, it reminds you that joy is still a verb.
“And He will joy over you with singing. . . .” Zephaniah 3:17
“There is absolutely nothing we can do to make God stop desiring us.” Patrick Henry Reardon
Every time you choose not to worry (about the weather or somebody you love or tomorrow or whatever), you’re saying another small I-can’t-but-God-can. It’s a very good habit.
“I can’t. God can. I think I’ll let Him.” Anonymous
“Why do you worry. . . ?” Matthew 6:28
When you remember that you’re as safe and secure as a well-loved child, you can relax and enjoy other people’s beauty and creativity and accomplishments with no gnawing need to measure up.
“He [is] beckoning His followers into a way of being present to others that [does] not involve asserting their own self-importance over against those around them.” Jeremy Stefano
“My soul finds rest in God alone.” Psalm 62:1
When your meager resources aren’t nearly enough for the storms you’re facing, it’s a good opportunity.
“How often do we look upon God as our last and feeblest resource! We go to Him because we have nowhere else to go. And then we learn that the storms of life have driven us, not upon the rocks, but into the desired haven.” George MacDonald
“God is our refuge. . . .” Psalm 46:1
Spending time with a generous person is unsettling in the very best of ways.
Father, thank you for the sheer beauty of _____’s generous heart. Please help me to follow her good example today, choice by choice.
“[W]ith humility of mind, let each of you regard the other as more important than himself.” Philippians 2:3
