2 Lessons

One of these was given to me in November and one I got just this week.

When you're tired, go to bed. When you're weary, go to God.
This lesson hasn't fully absorbed into my life but it's getting there. Sometimes I have trouble figuring which situation is which and sometimes it's actually both, which is hard. But it's been good and was very liberating when it first reached my ears.

Give thanks in all circumstances.
I remember the first time this verse (part verse?) was discussed with me and how that preposition was a key one. It's in all circumstances, not for all. That, in a way, means the circmstance is irrelevant, you know? No matter what _____. Toutefois mon coeur dira---
The reason this verse meant so much to me THIS time I heard it (it's not the second) was that the person who said it to me is (a) someone who I deeply respect, (b) someone whose every word I hang on when they're speaking (orating) and (c) someone who first started doing this after his second miscarriage.

I hung on each word of the tale and the rest of what he was saying and then he kinda stopped. I took a moment to process and figure out what I was going to (consent to) apply from what I'd just heard. The dominant thought was, "Well, if HE can do it then I certainly can." What worse things can happen to you? When would it be harder to give thanks? C'est great.
I actually started it this weekend and it has served me AMAZINGLY well. I'm very impressed. He said, "Take the time on STInt to make a habit of this and it will serve you well the rest of your life." I'm quite surprized by how quickly it came to me after the first instance -- intance of giving thanks in an unpleasant circumstance. Yeh. It's good.