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What if, slowly but surely, you were becoming light enough to dance?
“You just have to get rid of so much baggage to be light enough to dance. . . .” Anne Lamott
“The LORD . . . will transform . . . her barren wastelands . . . . Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing.” Isaiah 51:3
If a good God is slowly shaping and molding you for good, you can relax (even when it hurts).
“We have begun to trust God. . . . Out of this trust comes a letting go of anxieties about ourselves. . . . We become clay in the Potter’s hands.” Janet Hagberg and Robert Guelich
“Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you are the potter.” Isaiah 64:8
If you want to be weary and burdened today, try self-focus.
Father, please carry the weight of my clamoring self and all its needs today, so that I can rest. I’m very tired of weary and burdened.
“Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28
When keep-on-asking means ask over and over and over again (for a year or two or forty), you might only see in hindsight what miracles were happening in all the asking.
“Keep on asking, and you will receive.” Luke 11:9
Father, thank you for all the asking. I’m just starting to see clearly that I have been receiving all along.
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
