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Habakkuk 3:19

"The LORD God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer's feet, and He will make me walk on my high hills."

Amp.: "The Lord God is my Strength, my personal bravery, my invincible army; He makes my feet like hinds' feet and will make me to walk [not to stand still in terror, but to walk] and make [spiritual] progress upon my high places [of trouble, suffering, or responsibility]!

Psalm 146:5, 8

"Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God.... The LORD raises those who are bowed down;"

Psalm 147:3, 11

The LORD "heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.... The LORD takes pleasure in those who hope in His mercy."

Chip Ingram, Overcoming Emotions That Destroy

"It's never easy to prevent an explosion" (178).

German proverb as quoted in Ingram: "'What is the use of running when we are not on the right road?'" (192)

Orin Crain as quoted in Ingram:

Slow me down, Lord.
Ease the pounding of my heart by the quieting of my mind.
Steady my hurried pace with a vision of the eternal reach of time.
Give me, amid the confusion of the day, the calmness of the everlasting hills.
Break the tension of my nerves and muscles with the soothing music of the singing streams that
live in my memory.
Teach me the art of taking minute vacations--of slowing down to look at a flower, to chat with a
friend, to pat a dog, to smile at a child, to read a few lines of a good book.
Slow me down, Lord, and inspire me to send my roots deep into the soil of life's enduring values,
that I may grow toward my greater destiny.
Remind me each day that the race is not always to the swift; that there is more to life than
increasing its speed.
Let me look upward to the towering oak and know that it grew great and strong because it grew slowly and well. (194)

"God has given [me] the responsibility of being the steward of [my] gifts, skills, and schedule. [I] don't dishonor other people by saying no at appropriate times; ]I\ honor God by managing [my] resources well" (196).