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If it’s up to you to keep the people you love on the right path, they are your hard and heavy work. If it’s not, you can rest.
“The Lord is _____’s shepherd.” From Psalm 23:1
“She did not try to set others right; she only listened to and loved and understood her fellow-creatures.” Eliza Keary
What if, all day today, you were looking for chances to give?
“To give a close, sympathetic attention to every human being we touch; to try to get some sense of how he feels, what he is, what he needs; to make in some degree his interest our own –- that disposition and habit would deliver any one of us from isolation or emptiness.” George S. Merriam
“It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Acts 20:35
Imagine not carrying your failures and faults (or anyone else’s) around with you today.
“Erase the inner marks [that] our failures make, just as we scrub our hearts of others’ faults.” Neil Douglas-Klotz
“Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.” Matthew 6:12
Complaining (silently or out loud) feeds discontent. Saying small thank-yous instead starves it.
“[C]onsider it your duty to fight against discontent, beginning with some small thing which is the most obvious to you.” Priscilla Maurice
“Sing to the Lord a new song (today).” Psalm 96:1 (parenthetical added)
When you’re busy worrying about somebody, you can’t really enjoy him. When you decide to stop, you can.
“Cast all your cares on God. That anchor holds.” Alfred Lord Tennyson
“Cast all your cares and worries on Him. . . .” 1 Peter 5:7
The more you care about somebody, the easier it is to try too hard.
“Don’t look at your feet to see if you’re doing it right. Just dance.” Anne LaMott
“Relax and cease striving. . . .” Psalm 46:10
