Only God can bring about the miracle, the rebirth. It is my job to love her, to pray for her, and to leave the rest to Him.

Stress is passed from organization to employee, from employee to employee, and then from employee to customer.

Don't make up problems you don't have yet. It's not a problem until it's a real problem.

Do Your Best, Let God Do The Rest

Ruth Varnum was always as nervous as a rat; and, come to think of

You feel like an outcast. You don't belong. You feel naked. While everyone else is walking around with their clothes on, you feel exposed and vulnerable. You are seen, and what others see is not pretty. You feel unclean. Something is wrong with you. You are dirty. Even worse, you are contaminated. There is a difference between being a bit muddy and harboring a deadly, contagious virus.

Only people who know they have burdens can be delivered from them.

All it takes is a tradition of demeaning, critical words from the right person. All it takes is nothing from the right person. No interest in you, no words spoken to you, no love. If you are treated as if you do not exist, you will feel shame.

Anxiety asks for more information so it can be prepared for the coming apocalypse. It also asks for more information so it can manage the world apart from God.

At this point, we know that worry and fear are more about us than about the things outside us.

When our worship is true, we experience joy, peace, love, and hope, even in difficult situations. When our worship is false, and the things we desire are unattainable or impotent, we can be grieved, bitter, depressed, angry, or fearful. Our emotions usually mean something, and it is wise to ask, "What are my emotions saying?" "What are they pointing to?

If we make such comparisons, we might be tempted not to speak of the suffering from our hearts to the Lord because we would consider it whining, which it certainly is not.