Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.
Interpretation
Worrying leads to unproductive thinking, fueled by fear.
This quote by Corrie Ten Boom highlights how worrying is not just a simple concern but rather a repetitive and unproductive cycle driven by our fears. It emphasizes that when we allow fear to dominate our thoughts, we become trapped in a loop that prevents us from addressing the actual issues at hand, ultimately leading to inefficiency and distress.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming anxiety and fear.
We never know how God will answer our prayers, but we can expect that He will get us involved in His plan for the answer. If we are true intercessors, we must be ready to take part in God’s work on behalf of the people for whom we pray.
And our wise Father in heaven knows when we're going to need things too. Don't run out ahead of Him.
If you want to hear God's voice clearly and you are uncertain, then remain in His presence until He changes this uncertainty. Often much can happen during this waiting for the Lord. Sometimes, He changes pride into humility; doubt into faith and peace; sometimes lust into purity. The Lord can and will do it.
And for all these people alike, the key to healing turned out to be the same. Each had a hurt he had to forgive.
Today I know that such memories are the key not to the past, but to the future. I know that the experiences of our lives, when we let God use them, become the mysterious and perfect preparation for the work He will give us to do.
God never measures the mind... He always put His tape measure in the HEART
Half of my library are old books because I like seeing how people thought about their world at their time. So that I don't get bigheaded about something we just discovered and I can be humble about where we might go next. Because you can see who got stuff right and most of the people who got stuff wrong.
The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.
Every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration. Constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought.
(Lisa Henson about her father) He admired the job of the man who walks along the road picking up trash with a long stick. He thought that guy had a great job, walking along with a stick, enjoying the road, and doing only good in the world, with hundreds of small actions.
Usability is like love. You have to care, you have to listen, and you have to be willing to change. You’ll make mistakes along the way, but that’s where growth and forgiveness come in.
Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, to the next county, to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is.
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