A thought by Max Lucado from his book. Trade Your Cares for Calm (p. 40). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) It really is, isn’t it? Max says, “And for good reason. Only God has the power to see and know everything. But we forget. And before long, we’re back at it—running too fast, working too many hours, and trying to control everyone and everything around us. “The question isn’t if this approach will wear you out. It’s what do you do when you run out of gas? Stare at the gauge? Blame your upbringing? Deny the problem? Never works.” He goes on, “In the case of an empty tank, we’ve learned: get the car to a gas pump ASAP. In life, we try to push the car ourselves. We are in such a hurry to get where we want to go that we scoff at the service station, get out of the driver’s seat, and try to do things with our own effort. Push, push, push. Stopping for gas is for wimps. “If you are putting in sixty hours a
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