Are stress and worry evidence of a soul too lazy, too undisciplined, to keep gaze fixed on God?

Every moment I live, I live bowed to something. And if I don't see God, I'll bow down before something else.

God reveals Himself in rearview mirrors.

Who would ever know the greater graces of comfort and perserverance, mercy and forgiveness, patience and courage, if no shadows fell over a life?

Our fall is always first a failure to give thanks.

Joy is the realest reality, the fullest life, and joy is always given, never grasped. God gives gifts and I give thanks and I unwrap the gift given: joy.

You've got to use the life you've been given to give others life