Sometimes little offhand remarks that someone makes can have a really big impact on you. A friend of ours who seems to always have witty little quips on the tip of his tongue made the following remark after talking about some recent financial difficulties, “I guess if that’s how God wants to spend his money then that’s ok.” So simple and obvious, but we’ve been meditating on it for a while now and been really encouraged by it in the midst of a lot of struggles. We’ve applied it to all sorts of different situations. After one seeming time waste after another, we’ve been saying, “If that’s how God wants to spend his time, I guess that’s ok.”

Thanks for choosing your words carefully Alasdair.