The Art of Godly Acceptance

Proverbs 16:9
"People may make plans in their minds, but the Lord decides what they will do."

Sometimes, we must accept life on its terms, not our own.

Life has a way of unfolding, not as we will, but as it will.

And sometimes, there is precious little we can do to change things.

When events transpire that are beyond our control, we have a choice: We can either learn the art of acceptance, or we can make ourselves miserable as we struggle to change the unchangable.

We must entrust the things we cannot change to God.

Once we have done so, we can prayerfully and faithfully tackle the important work that He has placed before us: the things we can change.

Our Lord never asks us to decide for Him; He asks us to yield to Him -- a very different matter!

From Ted Brabham's newsletter

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