NUGGETS FROM CALM MY ANXIOUS HEART
LESSON #11 IF ONLY.....IF ONLY....IF ONLY! If only's look to the past and grumbles. This brings anger to the heart. If only I had gone to college. If only I had a different husband, If only I had a better job, If only I was prettier, slimmer, taller, smarter, more talented....etc. etc. In her book "Calm my Anxious Heart" she tells a story that really bring light to is way of thinking. THIS IS WHAT I KNOW!! When things come into our lives, we don't know if its a blessing for a curse. A man had a beautiful and valuable horse. One night it was stolen. All the village said it was a curse.. the old man said "This is what I know, the horse was stolen, whether it's a curse or a blessing I don't know." A few weeks later the horse showed up at the old mans home with 6 wild horse behind him. Now the man has 7 horses, and the village people all said this was a blessing. The old man said "This is what I know, the horse ...