May 2012
60 posts
“Never chase love, affection, or attention. If it isn’t given freely by another...”
– (via fashhh)
“Don’t think you need more knowledge. Often you need more obedience to the...”
– Mark Driscoll (via earthstranger)
“When Satan tempts me to despair
And tells me of the guilt within,
Upward I...”
– (via crown-of-beauty)
“What can you take from a man who has given up everything? You can’t touch...”
– Misty Edwards
Today's prayer:
I never want to mourn when I’m supposed to rejoice or vise versa.
http://www.allisonvesterfelt.com/ →
7. It’s not always my fault
My biggest fear in life, single or not, has been that someone might be angry with me. I’m not sure where that comes from or if I’m alone in that, but here was my train of logic:
If someone was mad at me, I did something bad, and needed to fix it.
If someone was happy with me, I did something good, and was generally a good person.
Carry that kind of logic into...
“Don’t ask for critique if you only want validation. If you want a hug, just ask.”
– Adam Conner
amen
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Nothing is sweeter than hugs from your best friend.
“Now, remember, you will never know the fullness of Christ until you know the...”
– C.H. Spurgeon (via abideinhislove)
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it....”
– Howard Thurman (via iwantyoumore)
“Has your relationship with God actually changed the way you live? Do you see...”
– Francis Chan (via endless-hallelujah)
“We Christians are ashamed of many of our ancestors who did not act in the spirit...”
– John Piper, The Passion of Jesus Christ: 50 Reasons Why He Came to Die (via solideogloriaa)
“Sometimes, it is not that we can’t hear the voice of God, its that we...”
– Yessenia Carrera
“Taste and see that the Lord is good…” Psalm 34:8. Thats a command; tasting and seeing are actions.
Being Molested--And Wanting a Love Like That →
My post was published over at the GoodWomenProject tonight. Click the link to read it.
Summer Goal:
As my first summer away from my lovely Mexican family, I will read a book in Spanish & call my mom more often to keep my Spanish up-to-date.
Really, I just wish I was in Mexico.
Alba, Mayra & Rejane I will be speaking in Spanish to you!
People do not drift toward Holiness. →
Hard work is not the opposite of grace, it is the result of experiencing grace.
D. A. Carson explains:
People do not drift toward Holiness.
Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the Lord.
We drift toward compromise and call it tolerance; we drift toward disobedience and call it freedom;...
