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A lot of people talk about living well. Every once in a while, you meet somebody who does.
“My heart was aching. There was the temptation to camp out on the great disappointment, but clearly I had a choice: to wallow in my aloneness, or to thank God in the midst of the pain and circumstances.” Barbara Brand
Father, thank you for good examples to follow. From 1 Corinthians 11:1
What if you made a decision right now to take a daylong vacation from worrying about that one looming thing? (If you miss it a lot, you can always starting worrying about it again tomorrow.)
“Made a decision to turn ______ over to God. . . .” From Step 3, Alcoholics Anonymous
Father, I commit ______ into Your hands today. I will make a decision about tomorrow tomorrow. From Luke 23:46
The faster you go today, the more you’ll miss. Haste really does make waste.
“[L]ove and hurry are fundamentally incompatible.” Adele Ahlberg Calhoun
“Be very careful how you live.” Ephesians 5:15
When you promise yourself that you’ll start (or stop) doing something, it’s easy to lose heart and quit. When you promise a buddy, too, it isn’t.
“Though one may be overpowered, two can stand back-to-back and resist.” Ecclesiastes 4:12
“Those who succeed in forming a new habit do so, not because they never fall down, but because they keep getting back up.” Unknown
When the present is squeezed between your past regrets and your future fears, you don’t have much breathing space (or joy).
“I have lived [as] the runner, panting ahead in worry, pounding back in regrets, terrified to live in the present, because here-time asks me to do the hardest of all: just open wide and receive.” Ann Voskamp
“[B]ecome like little children. . . .” Matthew 18:3
One of my houseplants was dry and drooping this morning, so I watered it. In an hour or so, it will perk up again. That’s what happened to me yesterday when a friend listened.
“Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort, of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keeping what is worth keeping and then, with the breath of kindness, blowing the rest away.” Dinah Maria Craik
Father, thank you for giving _____ a listening heart. From 1 Kings 3:9
