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It’s a good idea to stop doing every once in a while so you can see whose shoulders the world is on after all.
“Solitude well-practiced will break the power of busyness. . . . You will see that the world is not on your shoulders after all.” Dallas Willard
“Cast all your cares on Him, because He cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:7
Every time you choose after-you instead of me-first, you make things better (for both of you).
“Every human interaction offers you the chance to make things better or to make things worse.” Barbara Brown Taylor
“Give, and it will be given to you. . . . For with the same measure you use, it will be measured back to you.” Luke 6:38
Feeling small and weak doesn’t scare children who know that their father loves them and isn’t.
Father, I feel small and weak today. Be large and strong for me.
“B]ecome children of God. . . .” John 1:12
When somebody close to you needs a lot more than you can give, the weight of not being enough for her makes it hard to breathe until you remember that God is far more than enough.
Father, thank you for reminding me this morning that You are far more than enough for ____ and that her future is in Your hands, not mine.
“Into Your hands I entrust ____. . . . [Her] future is in Your hands.” From Psalm 31:5, 15
If you keep your imagination locked in the attic today, you might get a lot done, but you probably won’t see wondrous things.
“The imagination should be allowed a certain amount of time to browse around.” Thomas Merton
“Open my eyes, that I might see wondrous things. . . .” Psalm 119:18
When somebody really hurts you, the only way to get out of anger-and-resentment prison is to set her free, too.
Father, please forgive ____ and set her free, for she doesn’t really know what she has done to me.
“Jesus (on the cross) said, ‘Father, forgive them and set them free, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Luke 23:34
