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Dread, Which Is Closely Related To Fear, Steals The Ability To Enjoy Ordinary Life And Makes People Anxious About The Future. It Keeps Them From Looking Forward To The Next Day, The Next Month, Or The Next Decade.

What's Real Freedom? Real Freedom Is Being Able To Not Have My Way And Still Be Just As Happy As If I Did.

If We Are To Receive The Blessings God Wants To Bestow Upon Us, We Must Be Willing To Give Him The Messes In Our Lives.

In My Relationship With God, I've Learned That If I Follow A 'formula' For How I Spend My Time With Him, Then I'm Just Accomplishing A Checklist Of Things I Feel Obligated To Do To Please Him. This Makes My Spiritual Life More About Doing What I Need To Do To Fulfill An Obligation Than Something Meaningful.

I Have Learned From Personal Experience That Putting Trust In God Means There Will Be Some Unanswered Questions. That Was A Hard Lesson For Me Because I Naturally Want To Understand Everything... To Know What's Going On So I Can Feel Like I'm In Control.