Ever notice that when your car is stuck in the mud, the faster you make the wheels spin, the deeper they go?
Ever notice when you force the automatic revolving door at the airport to move faster, it stops and alarms go off?
Ever notice when your fingers are stuck in one of the Chinese Finger Traps--the harder you pull the tighter the straw draws around your fingers?
Ever notice when you try to stubbornly force your opinions onto your children, they cling stubbornly onto theirs?
Ever notice in Tug of War, the harder you pull the harder your opponent pulls?
Ever notice when you pray for patience, the longer it seems to get an answer?
Ever notice the more you focus on losing weight, the more you think about food?
Ever notice when you nag or try to change a loved one, they dig their heels in even deeper?
In physics as in life...force = friction.
Sometimes we just need to allow things to work out on their own, in their own time, as they were created.
From today's reading:
"It does not help the locomotive for its axles to become hot; their heat is only a hindrance. The axles become heated due to unnecessary friction. Dry surfaces are grinding against each other instead of working in smooth cooperation...The words FRET and FRICTION are very similar. Friction caused by fretting is an indication of the absence of the anointing oil of the grace of God. When we worry, a little bit of sand gets into the bearings. It may be some slight disappointment, ungratefulness, or discourtesy we have experienced--suddenly our life is no longer running smoothly. Friction leads to heat, and heat can lead to very dangerous conditions." from The Silver Lining
Dear restless heart, be still; don't fret and worry so;
God has a thousand ways His love and help to show;
Just trust, and trust, and trust, until His will you know.
Dear restless heart, be still! Don't struggle to be free;
God's life is in your life, from Him you may not flee;
Just pray, and pray, and pray, till you have faith to see.
Edith Willis Linn
Good Stuff...enjoy!
1 comment:
That reminds me of something I heard once "It seems that I can make things happen, but I can't seem to make them work." I have the ability to create movement in my world, whether it is physical movement or internal emotional movement, but movement is not the same thing as progress.
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