“Stop trying to protect, to rescue, to judge, to manage the lives around you . . . remember that the lives of others are not your business. They are their business. They are God’s business . . . even your own life is not your business. It also is God’s business. Leave it to God. It is an astonishing thought. It can become a life-transforming thought . . . unclench the fists of your spirit and take it easy . . . What deadens us most to God’s presence within us, I think, is the inner dialogue that we are continuously engaged in with ourselves, the endless chatter of human thought. I suspect that there is nothing more crucial to true spiritual comfort . . . than being able from time to time to stop that chatter . . . ” ~ Frederich Buechner
ZECHARIAH 10-12
12I will strengthen them in the Lord
and in his name they will live securely,”
REVELATION 20
4I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God.
JOURNAL
It is a great reminder to know that my life is not all that matters. To know that there is a greater story and I can play a part in that greater story. I play my part well when I accept God's love for me and in turn give that love to others. It really is not as complicated as I make it, it only becomes complicated when I am tempted to make things and circumstances more important than obeying God and loving others.
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