Quote for the Day

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"If we want to live less stressful lives, we must learn to live with a single agenda: God's agenda....
 We tend to live under two agendas: ours and God's, and that tension between them sets up stress...."  [emphasis mine]
~From Trusting God,  by Jerry Bridges, pg. 72

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