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(Greg’s note: I had a bag of stuff from under Anita’s bathroom sink and I found a handful of her wall posts kind of crumpled in there. This is on the of the more involved ones that encompassed several lessons.) Daily Affirmations – 2/1/07 1. Today is all you have. Be grateful for today. (Is your mortgage [...] Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. I have a little card with this verse on it on the driver side visor of my van. It reminds me of this great Post-it note Anita kept on her computer for a long time: Trust deeply that God [...] from Anita’s notes – early 2006. Surrender - How do I work as hard as I must but also allow Him to do His work? How do I figure out the distinction between His work and my work?When I cross the line, the work I try to do becomes exhausting, When I slack [...] Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary; they will work and not be faint. I have been meditating on strength and weakness for the last week (maybe more). I recently spoke with a man who lost his [...] Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. So you know for several weeks I have been trying to practice constant mindfulness of God. Turns out, it’s not easy. de Caussade has some [...] Yesterday I was cleaning up some papers in Anita’s office and on the floor (almost looking discarded) was a handwritten sheet on white copy paper. I’m guessing that she had written this in 2009 which is why it was right on top of her stacks of papers and books on the floor. It instantly reminded me [...] I am pretty sure this comes from Dr. Charles Stanley, a minister here in Atlanta with a television minsistry that Anita often watched or listened to. We visited his church once and the congregation is actually the studio audience. We were a bit stressed to keep the kids quiet during the whole service, so we [...] At the very front file of Anita’s current filing system was a folder labeled GOD. I started thumbing through the papers in it (it was thick!) and found a four page typed set of notes and thoughts. Upon opneing it, I realized she wrote it not two weeks before she died, probably around the first week of [...] Digging through a box in her office, I found an old wall post. The way to happiness: keep your heart from from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by. Try this for a [...] This morning was the worst day for me yet. Maybe it seem apropos that one day this week was the best I’ve had and this day was the worst. Or maybe they came from two different but equally important realizations. I dropped Julia at school again this morning which provides a perfect early morning opportunity to [...] |
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