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When you’ve been trying very, very hard for a long time to do God’s job, quitting feels a lot like springtime.
“I am not responsible for other people’s happiness.”
“Do not look anxiously about you, for I am God. I strengthen, help, hold up and support. . . .” Isaiah 41:10
Maybe God is always (and patiently) asking us if we want to get well. Maybe He knows a lot better than we do that getting to yes takes us a long time.
“Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been in this condition for a long time, so He asked him, ‘Do you want to get well?’” John 5:6
“Love perseveres patiently.” 1 Corinthians 13:4
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.
