Quotes from Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

“The key is this: Meet today's problems with today's strength. Don't start tackling tomorrow's problems until tomorrow. You do not have tomorrow's strength yet. You simply have enough for today.”
― Max Lucado, quote from Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

“You need someone to lift your spirits. You need someone to look you in the face and say, "This isn't the end. Don't give up. There is a better place than this. And I'll lead you there.”
― Max Lucado, quote from Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

“Philosophers can debate the meaning of life, but you need a Lord who can declare the meaning of life.”
― Max Lucado, quote from Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

“God leads us. God will do the right thing at the right time. And what a difference that makes.”
― Max Lucado, quote from Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

“The maker of the stars would rather die for you than live without you. And that is a fact. So if you need to brag, brag about that.”
― Max Lucado, quote from Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

“He promises a lamp unto our feet, not a crystal ball into the future.”
― Max Lucado, quote from Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

“What I urge is that you learn to master your life by living each day in a day-tight compartment and this will certainly ensure your safety throughout your entire journey of life.”
― Max Lucado, quote from Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

“Anxiety splits our energy between today’s priorities and tomorrow’s problems. Part of our mind is on the now; the rest is on the not yet. The result is half-minded living.”
― Max Lucado, quote from Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

“Heaven does not know you as the fellow with the nice suit or the woman with the big house or the kid with the new bike. Heaven knows your heart.”
― Max Lucado, quote from Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

“You have a God who hears you, the power of love behind you, the Holy Spirit within you, and all of heaven ahead of you. If you have the Shepherd, you have grace for every sin, direction for every turn, a candle for every corner, and an anchor for every storm. You have”
― Max Lucado, quote from Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

“Worry divides the mind. The biblical word for worry (merimnao) is a compound of two Greek words, merizo (“to divide”) and nous (“the mind”). Anxiety splits our energy between today’s priorities and tomorrow’s problems. Part of our mind is on the now; the rest is on the not yet. The result is half-minded living.”
― Max Lucado, quote from Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

“In God’s plan every life is long enough and every death is timely. And though you and I might wish for a longer life, God knows better. And—this is important—though you and I may wish a longer life for our loved ones, they don’t. Ironically, the first to accept God’s decision of death is the one who dies. While we are shaking heads in disbelief, they are lifting hands in worship. While we are mourning at a grave, they are marveling at heaven. While we are questioning God, they are praising God.”
― Max Lucado, quote from Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

“The key is this: Meet today’s problems with today’s strength. Don’t start tackling tomorrow’s problems until tomorrow. You do not have tomorrow’s strength yet. You simply have enough for today.”
― Max Lucado, quote from Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

“What you have in your Shepherd is greater than what you don’t have in life.”
― Max Lucado, quote from Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

“While we are shaking heads in disbelief, they are lifting hands in worship. While we are mourning at a grave, they are marveling at heaven. While we are questioning God, they are praising God.”
― Max Lucado, quote from Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

“He promises a lamp unto our feet, not a crystal ball into the future. 3 We do not need to know what will happen tomorrow. We only need to know he leads us and “we will find grace to help us when we need it” (Heb. 4:16 NLT).”
― Max Lucado, quote from Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

“But I can’t overstate God’s promise: “Unload all your worries onto him, since he is looking after you” (1 Pet. 5:7 JB).”
― Max Lucado, quote from Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

“The burlap bag of worry. Cumbersome. Chunky. Unattractive. Scratchy. Hard to get a handle on. Irritating to carry and impossible to give away. No one wants your worries.”
― Max Lucado, quote from Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

“God has a great race for you to run. Under his care you will go where you’ve never been and serve in ways you’ve never dreamed.”
― Max Lucado, quote from Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

“Set it down, child. I’ll carry that one.”
― Max Lucado, quote from Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

“Meet today’s problems with today’s strength. Don’t start tackling tomorrow’s problems until tomorrow. You do not have tomorrow’s strength yet. You simply have enough for today.”
― Max Lucado, quote from Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

“Death is God’s way of taking people away from evil. From what kind of evil? An extended disease? An addiction? A dark season of rebellion? We don’t know. But we know that no person lives one day more or less than God intends. “All the days planned for me were written in your book before I was one day old” (Ps. 139:16).”
― Max Lucado, quote from Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

“In God’s plan every life is long enough and every death is timely. And though you and I might wish for a longer life, God knows better. And—this is important—though you and I may wish a longer life for our loved ones, they don’t. Ironically, the first to accept God’s decision of death is the one who dies.”
― Max Lucado, quote from Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

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“Ven' is the Nain word for 'and.' It was my first word, and so was added to my name at the age of three, when I first spoke it. That is the Nain tradition; each child's first word becomes an official part of his or her name. As a result, three of my brothers are Petar Da-da Polypheme, Osgod No! Polypheme, and Linus Poo-poo Polypheme.

Personally, I think the Nain should rethink this tradition.

As for my name, I think perhaps there should be a question mark after it - 'and?' - as if life is always posing the question of what I am to do next. I was born with more than my share of curiosity, and it gets me into a frightful amount of trouble. I want to know what comes next from the time I wake up in the morning, wondering what the day will hold, till the moment I fall asleep, imagining where my dreams will take me at night. It's like an itch; my skin or scalp hums with excitement whenever my curiosity starts to take over. And? And? And? Scratching it does nothing to help; the itch doesn't go away, and I just look like I have dandruff or fleas.”
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― Eduardo Galeano, quote from Upside Down: A Primer for the Looking-Glass World

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