Chances are your dog didn’t lie awake worrying last night.
“[T]he peace of wild things/who do not tax their lives with forethought/of grief.” Wendell Berry
“Do not keep worrying. . . . Your Father already knows your needs.” Luke 12:29-30
a few simple words
Sometimes the best prayer is a few simple words to say over and over again, rain or shine.
“Help, Lord, . . .” Psalm 12:1
“There are no ‘adult Christians’. . . . The higher we climb, the more childlike we are.” Peter Kreeft
deeper truth
When grief feels like nothing but a dead end, it helps to remember deeper truth.
“The starting point for many things is grief. . . . [T]he pain of closing is antecedent to every new opening in our lives.” Belden C. Lane
“The Lord restores His captive people.” Psalm 14:7
pet peeves
Sometimes pet peeves are invitations to take a good look inside.
“The things that bother us most about others – our pet peeves – also point toward falsity in our own self. The speck that bothers me in the life of someone else is almost always the log in my own eye.” David Benner
“Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?” Matthew 7:3
hurry and impatience
Imagine outgrowing hurry and impatience.
“On every level of life, from housework to heights of prayer, . . . hurry and impatience are sure marks of the amateur.” Evelyn Underhill
“[L]et God transform you. . . .” Romans 12:2
wounded
When you start to let the wounded parts of you come out into the light, you start to see God differently, too.
“[I]n God’s deep compassion, [He] enters like a grieving mother into loving conversation with those who know themselves as wounded. . . .” Belden C. Lane
“Our God is full of compassion.” Psalm 116:5