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So I'm in the grocery store today, facing an internal battle. It went something like this:
My brain: "Mary, it would be fun to buy dryer sheets, make your clothes soft and smell nice."
My neurosis: "No. That costs too much money and it's entirely unnecessary. Don't you know it's time to pinch pennies, not spend money on frivolity."
My brain: "But, um, you haven't ever bought dryer...
Lord, You say not to be anxious, but I personify anxiety.
You beckon me to cast my cares, but I hold them to me like cherished memories.
You tell me to rest, but I busy myself in absent-minded worry.
You made the world, the grass, the trees, the air, the leaves.
And I string words together, trying to capture Your creativity.
Maybe it's that You want me to sit beneath a tree.
...
God speaks to me when I run.
Today, chilled to the fingers, I ran toward the lake, my mind wandering. Something shiny and bright caught my eye. Caught in the overhead telephone line was the shredded remains of a kite. It couldn't get free, the tangles getting the best of it. But just as I looked skyward to see the imprisoned kite again, a flock of birds, flying in V formation, soared...
I had two dreams butted up next to each other, kind of like commercials do these days where they do two spots for the same product, but run them concurrently.
Dream one: I needed to help my youngest with something. I can't remember what it was, since that's the nature of dreams, but I do know it was important. Only problem? I had a ten-inch long cut in my calf. It was deep. You could see the...
I had a good talk with a friend recently. She's an author, and we were talking about the load we bear. She said something like, "I try to limit my time online so that I can spend actual time with the physical people in my life--face to face."
Her words touched me, wormed their way into my heart. I fear I spend too much time with cyber friends than actual friends. That I minister via email...
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