. . . . . . . the truth is, while the FBI is hiding behind the 5th Amendment, the Unabomer is qualifying for Social Security as a terrorist. Beam me up, Mr. Speaker.
Obedience is less painful than regret.
When you believe God is who he says he is, when you hang onto him and his Word in faith, his truth sets you free. 6 The truth you store up in silence comes back to you in the storm, and it lifts you away as on a life raft from the fears and disappointments that would otherwise pull you under. When you abide in his Word, he abides in you.
We were never created to settle for mere religion. Jesus did not die so that we could have a religious belief system - but rather a life-giving relationship with our Father.
The pain of recovery is sometimes worse than the pain of the injury. Allow Jesus Christ to heal your soul.
When you care more about what others think of you than what God knows about you, you've lost perspective on what really matters.
I have realized that nothing else matters besides this: Am I doing everything God has put me on this earth to do?
What do I make of all this texture? What does it mean about the kind of world in which I have been set down? The texture of the world, its filigree and scrollwork, means that there is the possibility for beauty here, a beauty inexhaustible in its complexity, which opens to my knock, which answers in me a call I do not remember calling, and which trains me to the wild and extravagant nature of the spirit I seek.
Halloween is a day when we all get to fool people into thinking we're someone else. Or as Mitt Romney calls it, campaigning.
From Ronan's room, he heard Noah's laugh. He and Ronan were throwing various objects from the second-story window to the parking low below. There was a terrific crash. Ronan's voice rose, exasperated. "Not that one, Noah.
For me exotic means beaches, palm trees and sand and frolicking in the ocean