December 2011
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“But the great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come and go, His...”
– C.S. Lewis (via sketchmedesire)
Psalm 46
Psalm 46[a]
For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth.[b] A song.
1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, 3 though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.[c]
4 There is a river whose...
“The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you...”
– (Deuteronomy 31:8 NIV)
“I go east, but he is not there. I go west, but I cannot find him. I do not see...”
– Job 23:8-10
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“Let me ask you something. If someone prays for patience, you think God gives...”
– God, as played by Morgan Freeman, in Evan Almighty (2007)
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“When you start to really know someone, all his physical characteristics start to...”
– Lisa Unger (via foliumm)
featherfall:
Why is it so difficult to find somewhere quiet?
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“Our dream as three kids growing up in San Diego was just playing songs. We...”
– Chad Butler, on when they first came together as Switchfoot (via imawretchedman)
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BareBones '11
I see a generation rising up to take their place
As I watch the closing night service of BareBones ‘11 (my church conference) on Skype (oh the wonders of technology), I feel slightly torn into two. Part of me remains disconnected, distracted by the fact that I am many many miles away, that the tv is on and my parents are bustling around me. Yet the other part of me recognizes and feels...
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“(How frail the human heart must be-
a throbbing pulse, a trembling thing-
a...”
– Sylvia Plath, from “I thought that I could not be hurt” (via growing-orbits)
“Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and the...”
– John Green (via obliviate-)
“No matter how careful you are, there’s going to be the sense you missed...”
– Chuck Palahniuk; Invisible Monsters (via the-world-is-our-coffin)
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Down Here: Gray's Questions →
gertier:
God does not waste his time doing things that are not needed, instead he works all things together for his glory. The hard things of my life right now, my meager finances, my singleness, my slowly dying car, are all working together for a greater purpose. A purpose that would not be quite as glorious in the end without the tears.
“I know exactly how that is. To love somebody who doesn’t deserve it. Because...”
– Augusten Burroughs, Running With Scissors (via pl4sticities)
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are...
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“Human beings are funny. They long to be with the person they love but refuse to...”
– Sigmund Freud (via sunflower-soul)
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“Love is a temporary madness, it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And...”
– Louis de Bernières Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (via arreter)
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“And it came to me then. That we were wonderful traveling companions but in the...”
– Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart (via infinitives)
“How sad the world is, so beautiful yet so absurd.”
– Irène Némirovsky (via suzywire)
“The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save.
He will take great delight...”
– Zephaniah 3:16 (via intheeveninghush)
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I spread out my words thinly;
there is no place for all of them at once.
They are too heavy, too much.
I hold all of them in my hands,
letting just that few trickle out.
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“Once you had put the pieces back together, even though you may look intact, you...”
– Jodi Picoult (via decrepito)
“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via katyjean)
“The ground we stand on looks solid enough, but if something happens it can drop...”
– Haruki Murakami, After Dark
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“Even if we could turn back, we’d probably never end up where we started.”
– Haruki Murakami, 1Q84 (via anditslove)