I have some bomb diggity friends.  I have one friend, in particular, who prays for me every month on the date of my birthday.  I get a text every month with a prayer for me.  I can't tell you how many times the prayer has spoken exactly to something I am experiencing at that time.  It happened again this month, I am so grateful. Today at work I had a friend quietly and sweetly let me know she was praying for me, for a situation that's going on in my life.  I'm so grateful.  I'm so grateful for the prayers of friends, known and unknown to me, that lift my spirit.  I hope *you* have friends in your life that lift your spirit.  If you do, have you thanked them recently?

Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden. Corrie ten Boom For whatever reason when I read this quote recently (I've read it before but it was re-introduced a few months back) I was struck with the simple truth of it.  If the matter is too small to pray about then why have I made it into this large load I'm now hauling around with me?  It's either a burden or it's not.  It's my choice. And if it's a burden then I'm better off laying it down at the feet of my Savior to pick up rather than trying to carry it with me.  If I have dismissed something as not worth spending time in prayer about then I should carry over that value and consider it not worth  carrying  around either!   I attach value to things - God does not.  I  categorize  my concerns and try to take care of the small ones by myself lest I "bother" God with such piddly matters.  Perhaps I think I'm doing him a favor by not bo...

Worrying is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.   Corrie ten Boom Today's quote is a timely one for me.  On several levels and for several reasons.  But you don't need to hear about all *that*.  :)  I've been working on my worry-wart ways for a few years now.  It's not always easy to not worry but it sure is stressful and unsettling to worry!  I always know when I've entered into worry - my heart rate changes, my palms/pits (ha, tmi?) get clammy, my mind creates "what if" scenarios, I'm agitated, and my stomach is knotted in a big ball of ick.  So when I find myself entering worry I have to remind myself to breathe deep, calm down, wait to hear all the facts - or as many as I will get to find out, and most importantly TRUST the One who holds all in his hands.  The fact is that...