Be a sinner and sin boldly, but believe and rejoice in Christ even more boldly.
That knowledge humbles me, melts my bones, closes my ears, and makes my teeth rock loosely in their gums. And it also liberates me. I am a big bird winging over high mountains, down into serene valleys. I am ripples of waves on silver seas. I'm a spring leaf trembling in anticipation.
Good intentions and earnest effort are not enough. Only Jesus can make an otherwise futile life productive.
...Ponnammal set the example for the others by quietly doing what they did not care to do. Her spirit created a new climate in the place, and the time came when there was not one nurse who would refuse to do whatever needed to be done.
Once again, we are reminded that awakening, or enlightenment is not the property of Buddhism, any more than Truth is the property of Christianity. Neither the Buddha nor the Christ belongs exclusively to the communities that were founded in their names. They belong to all people of goodwill, all who are attentive to the secret which lives in the depths of their breath and their consciousness. (14)
May you get more out of life than a cup of tea.
Bombs have kill-radiuses; churches should have love-radiuses--anyone within twenty miles of a church should know it.
We will never be cleansed until we confess we are dirty. And we will never be able to wash the feet of those who have hurt us until we allow Jesus, the one we have hurt, to wash ours.
Every November on National Adoption Day, courts set aside time to finalize adoptions from foster care that might otherwise be delayed for months, and communities celebrate adoption with retreats, proclamations, and other events. National Adoption Day was started in 2000 and has grown each year. In 2004, courts and community organizations finalized the adoptions of more than 3,400 children from foster care as part of 200 National Adoption Day events in 37 states.
To realize that we are just a breath away from eternity takes a lot of guts and brain power. So, spend your breath wisely.
What the world requires of the Christians is that they should continue to be Christians.
Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.- John 16:2
Your family's history does not have to be your future legacy!
Worrying is arrogant because God knows what He's doing.
I don't assign myself to the names of any religious or non religious groups I prefer my actions and beliefs to be manic or marvelous just like me
True sacrifice is merely self-control.
It's so tempting to try to do it all, so as not to miss out. But to do all of those 'good things' means you'll do none of them well.
Doesn't the expansiveness of this make you think of the good Lord? Except we know the ocean ends while He goes on forever.
Everything smaller than Heaven bores us because only Heaven is bigger than our hearts.
All of us fail, but this doesn't mean we are failures.
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