The Three D’s

November 5, 2007 | Books,Knowing Christ,Ministry Life

I’m re-reading Joanna Weaver’s book, Having A Mary Heart in a Martha World. She talks about the three D’s:

• discouragement
• distraction
• doubt

How timely. I received a royalty statement recently, and all three of these hit. I was discouraged because I had worked so hard on this particular project. I was distracted by all the people around me who were succeeding. I doubted if I was on the right track.

All of the cultural measures of success were rolling like a slot machine, and coming up empty.

It was a “I need to get alone with God” moment. It didn’t go away like magic, but I came away with the assurance that I’m right where I’m supposed to be.

And God is taking care of us just fine. He always has.

In her book, Weaver says: ”The underlying strategy is fairly simple. Get people’s eyes off God and on their circumstances. Make them believe that their happiness lies in the happenings that surround them. Or send them good news–about someone else. When they’re thoroughly discouraged, tell them God doesn’t care. Then sit back and let doubt do its work. 

It’s really a brilliant strategy, when you think of it. Plant the deadly D’s deep in human hearts. . .”

I’d like to replace that with another D: dependence

I will work as hard as I can, but depend on God’s timing, faithfulness, and overarching plan for my life. That will take my eyes off of what I cannot change, and what I do have, which is rich and amazing.

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