No sin is worse than the sin of self-pity, because it removes God from the throne of our lives, replacing Him with our own self-interests. It causes us to open our mouths only to complain, and we simply become spiritual sponges— always absorbing, never giving, and never being satisfied. And there is nothing lovely or generous about our lives.

- Oswald Chambers, 16 May www.utmost.org (via justsaskia)

AMEN

The problem with people

its a sad thing when you want something for someone else more than they do. when you see them and you see endless potential and possibilities, but they continue to be held back by the most unimportant things.

You see them and you get mad, frustrated, and upset. AND you just want to yell, and shake, and even slap them to try to get them to realize that they’ve got potential and worth— if they would only stop looking at lesser things as an excuse.

but at the same time you hesitate because you barely even know them and you don’t want them to take it the wrong way. and thats when its STUPID that we think that seeing someone for who they are not who they choose to be is a sign of romantic interest… ITS NOT, its called loving people, and choosing GRACE.

(apologies for the ungrammaticalness of what just went down, but it was a MUST)

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