August 2011
myselfishness
“Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.” -Matthew 10:37-39
i’ve been praying for a yujahchin9 but what i...
aniceday
today was a good day.
woke up early enough. read the bible a bit. class was chill other than the fact that my stomach was growling every 2 minutes in chem with kids all around me.. but ate with aaron and david at davids place after class. then went to the bookstore to do hw with a book i didnt want to buy and there were 2 other kids doing the same thing until we got kicked out.. but it was all...
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“God will never give up on you, so don’t ever give up on God. It doesn’t matter...”
– (via heavenisalwaysopen)
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“I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for...”
– Donald Miller (via mighty2save)
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dang
dang i take some people for granted for reals. but ive been encouraged so much these past 3 days. God is way too good to me. i only wish i could give more in obvious ways but in due time in due time. God’s grace is enough. definitely more than enough.
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#4popularregretofsomeoneabouttopassaway
4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
Often they would not truly realise the full benefits of old friends until their dying weeks and it was not always possible to track them down. Many had become so caught up in their own lives that they had let golden friendships slip by over the years. There were many deep regrets about not giving friendships the time and effort that they...
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Relationships
spiritualinspiration:
Relying on God’s Word
Encouraging and building each other up
Long-lasting
Always be patient, for God is writing your love story
Telling them they are beautiful as they are
I trust in both God and you
One that is Christ centered
Never lead each other astray from what is important
Seeking God first
Humble yourself before everyone
I am committed to loving you like Jesus has...
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Lol. Kidnapping is too harsh of a word. I like to...
what-love-reallymeans:
I rememeber reading this somewhere, and tonight I was finally able to use it on my friend :$:$:$:$
quite clever
maybethisiswrong
the hearts just not there. the timings not all that right. firstworldproblems right here. i know where to look but for some reason i dont want to look there. what a fool i am but i think its time to look there. its time to open up His Word.
after i study for and take my placement tests..
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Think about it:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z is represented as 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.
Then: H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11=98% K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5=96% A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100% And look how far the love of God will take you.. L-O-V-E-O-F-G-O-D 12+15+22+5+15+6+7+15+4=101%
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America's Got Talent
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It doesn’t.
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“To forgive is to set someone free and then find out it’s you.”
– Rob Bell (via redpatchgirl)
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“Your pain has a purpose. Your problems, struggles, heartaches, and hassles...”
– Max Lucado (via simplyche)
An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to...
Professor: You are a Christian, aren’t you, son?
Student: Yes, sir.
Professor: So, you believe in God?
Student: Absolutely, sir.
Professor: Is God good?
Student: Sure.
Professor: My brother died of cancer, even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn’t. How is God good, then? Hmm?
(Student was silent)
Professor: You can’t answer, can you? Let’s start again, young fella. Is God good?
Student: Yes.
Professor: Is Satan good?
Student: No.
Professor: Where does Satan come from?
Student: From.. God.
Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student: Yes.
Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it? And God did make everything. Correct?
Student: Yes.
Professor: So who created evil?
(Student didn’t answer)
Professor: Is there sickness? Immortality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?
Student: Yes, sir.
Professor: So, who created them?
(Student had no answer)
Professor: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son.. have you ever seen God?
Student: No, sir.
Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your God.
Student: No, sir.
Professor: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God, for that matter?
Student: No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.
Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student: Yes.
Professor: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, Science says your God doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student: Nothing. I only have my Faith.
Professor: Yes, Faith. And that is the problem Science has.
Student: Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?
Professor: Yes.
Student: And is there such a thing as Cold?
Professor: Yes.
Student: No, sir, there isn’t.
(The Lecture Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events)
Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of Heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
(There was a pon-drop silence in the Lecture Theatre)
Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?
Student: You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light… But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and it’s called Darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, You would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?
Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man?
Student: Sir, my point is, your Philosophical Premise is flawed.
Professor: Flawed? Can you explain how?
Student: Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality. You argue there is Life and then there is Death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can’t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life, just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Professor: If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process, yes of course, I do.
Student: Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going)
Student: Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?
(The class was in uproar)
Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?
(The class broke out into laughter)
Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? .. No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable and Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures?
(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable)
Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on Faith, son.
Student: That is it, sir.. exactly! The link between man and God is Faith. That is all that keeps things alive and moving!
The student's name was Albert Einstein. Brilliant.
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“Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn; my God, do you learn.”
– C.S. Lewis (spoken by JJ on Criminal Minds) 