FROM TODAY'S READING (6/28/2018)...
"Trusting that God's plans for me are good and that my future is secure in his loving care leads me to wonder about all the energy and effort I have squandered in my past. Do I have the courage to let certain things fall away with every step I take on my adventure? I wonder what I would need to let go of. Here is my list:
- Disappointments I've carried around for a very long time.
- Resentments for small and great offenses I've endured.
- Defensiveness to shield me from real and imagined insults.
- Trophies to my failures that keep me mindful of my limitations.
- Trophies to my successes that remind me I used to be someone.
- My need to be right, strong, smart, good, and fun so people will love me.
- Anger and frustration, fear and loathing whenever the world doesn't go my way.
John F. Westfall ("I Didn't Sign Up For This," Revell, pgs. 167-168)
Philippians 3:12-14 (NLT) I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.
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