Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
Interpretation
Worry diminishes our ability to face challenges today without helping us with future problems.
This quote by Corrie Ten Boom emphasizes the futility of worrying about the future. Rather than preparing us for what lies ahead, worrying drains our energy and mental strength in the present, leaving us less capable of dealing with current challenges and enjoying the moment.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming anxiety and living in the moment.
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 Godβs 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
What I wanted to do was slap him down a bit with wit and words. Grammar and vocabulary as a weapon. But what kind of world would it be if we all took every opportunity presented to us to assault the weak?
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.
If the vessel of our soul is still tossed with winds and storms, let us awake the Lord, who reposes in it, and He will quickly calm the sea.
Then, without realizing it, you try to improve yourself at the start of each new day; of course, you achieve quite a lot in the course of time. Anyone can do this, it costs nothing and is certainly very helpful. Whoever doesn't know it must learn and find by experience that a quiet conscience makes one strong.
I focus on spiritual wealth now, and I'm busier, more enthusiastic, and more joyful than I have ever been.
The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.
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