Small Doses

I think Nicole might have secretly designed this week to send me a message about my need for some accelerated spiritual growth!  Wasn't yesterday's personal reflection from Dr. Powlison excellent?  We have more of the same for you today except packed full with more specifics.  The following quotes set the stage for today's discussion on anxiety.  I found these thoughts particularly helpful because small doses are about all my little brain can handle.  This principle, which we will learn more about over this coming week, has potential to be life-changing.  Part 2 of the Personal Reflection on anxiety will be up later today.  Enjoy...

“Just as we don’t change all at once, so we don’t swallow all of truth in one gulp. We are simple people. You can’t remember ten things at once. Invariably, if you could remember just ONE true thing in the moment of trial, you’d be different. When you actually remember, you actually change. In fact remembering is the first change…” David Powlison, Sex and the Supremacy of Christ

“Connect one bit of Scripture to one bit of life. In other words, always ask two questions of yourself and others: What is your current struggle? What about God in Christ connects to this?...Bring one bit of the Bible into one bit of life…You can’t deal with it all at once. Scripture never does…But a timely text brings truth down to a consumable size…change walks out in the details…This is how God made it to be. This is how He works.” David Powlison, "Think Globally, Act Locally," Journal of Biblical Counseling, Volume 22, Number 1, (Fall 2003): 2-10.