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Faith & Spirit Quote by Martha Reeves

"I don't worry about being in a hurry any more, because my faith in God will always deliver me on time"

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There is a whole philosophy of time-management hiding in that casually defiant “any more.” Martha Reeves isn’t selling productivity; she’s rejecting it. The line flips the modern superstition that urgency equals importance, and replaces it with something older and sturdier: surrender as a kind of discipline. For a musician whose career depended on late nights, tight schedules, fickle gatekeepers, and the merciless stopwatch of radio-ready singles, the admission lands as hard-won rather than dreamy.

The intent is self-preservation. “I don’t worry” isn’t “nothing goes wrong”; it’s “I refuse to let panic run the show.” Reeves frames punctuality not as a personal virtue but as a spiritual outcome: faith “will always deliver me on time.” That word “deliver” matters. It’s biblical, yes, but also showbiz practical: you deliver a performance, a hit, a promise. She collapses the sacred and the professional into one verb, implying that her calling and her craft aren’t competing calendars.

Subtext: control is overrated. In an industry where artists, especially women, are constantly told to be agreeable, efficient, and grateful, Reeves quietly reclaims agency by giving it up to God. That paradox is the point. She’s not arguing for passivity; she’s describing a posture that keeps her from being emotionally extorted by deadlines, expectations, or other people’s crises.

Contextually, it reads like the wisdom of someone who has outlasted trends. After enough tour vans, studio clocks, and life’s detours, “on time” stops meaning “on schedule” and starts meaning “at the right moment.”

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Reeves, Martha. (2026, January 15). I don't worry about being in a hurry any more, because my faith in God will always deliver me on time. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-dont-worry-about-being-in-a-hurry-any-more-152360/

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Reeves, Martha. "I don't worry about being in a hurry any more, because my faith in God will always deliver me on time." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-dont-worry-about-being-in-a-hurry-any-more-152360/.

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"I don't worry about being in a hurry any more, because my faith in God will always deliver me on time." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-dont-worry-about-being-in-a-hurry-any-more-152360/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Martha Reeves (born July 18, 1941) is a Musician from USA.

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