
It was great. I loved the connection between spirituality and mental illness/wellness.
I liked Lucado's writing style, his philosophy feels solid, and the study guide in the back was intensive. There wasn't much insight into anxiety as a clinical disorder, but he did cover many emotional roots of day-to-day anxiety, and this is a valuable read for if the world sets your teeth on edge.
Anxiety is needless, because Jesus is near.
Today, I will live today. Yesterday has passed. Tomorrow is not yet. I‘m left with today. So, today, I will live today. Relive yesterday? No. I will learn from it. I will seek mercy for it. I will take joy in it. But I won‘t live in it. The sun has set on yesterday. The sun has yet to rise on tomorrow. Worry about the future? To what gain? It deserves a glance, nothing more. I can‘t change tomorrow until tomorrow. Today, I will live today.
The widest river in the world is not the Mississippi, Amazon, or Nile. The widest river on earth is a body of water called If Only.
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul
We can wear our hurt or wear our hope.
If only our storms were limited to wind and rain. Our tempests consist of the big Ds of life: difficulties, divorce, disease, and death. Does anybody know where to find a shelter that is suitable for these gales?
There‘s trouble out there! So you don‘t sleep well. You don‘t laugh often. You don‘t enjoy the sun. You don‘t whistle as you walk. And when others do, you give them a look. That look. That “are you naive” look.
It‘s not the sight of a grizzly but the suspicion of one or two or ten. Behind every tree. Beyond every turn. Inevitable. It‘s just a matter of time until the grizzly leaps out of the shadows, bares its fangs, and gobbles you up, along with your family, your friends, your bank account, your pets, and your country.
It‘s not so much a storm as the certainty that one is coming. Always . . . coming. Sunny days are just an interlude. You can‘t relax. Can‘t let your guard down. All peace is temporary, short-term.
Beautiful words of finding calm instead of anxiety. Filled with scripture and stories to illustrate points. #maxlucado #anxiousfornothing
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1. Read. Read. And read some more !
2. Tagged
3. Monterey, CA or Charleston, SC
4. Gorilla... it might be fun to train them sign language 😀
5. It says 62 F but it's gloomy and rainy