how wonderful is it that we laugh because our bodies cannot contain the joy
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(Reblogged from juliyeti)
If all insects on Earth disappeared, within 50 years all life on Earth would end. If all human beings disappeared from the Earth, within 50 years all forms of life would flourish.
Jonas Salk (via iloverainandcoffee)
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What we need to see most is not a time when “this, too, shall pass.” What we need to see most is a crystal clear vision of God’s faithfulness that will never pass. This can only be seen with the eyes of our heart wide-open to God’s word.
Gloria Furman, in this article
The act of agápē
I love that guy because I love Jesus, and Jesus loved that guy.
As a Christian, there are literally no excuses to not love one another.
We love because he first loved us.
1 John 4:19
If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you.
John 13:14-15
For the most part, I agree with Voddie Baucham’s definition of love:
Love is an act of the will accompanied by emotion that leads to action on behalf of its object.
Jesus chose to act in the way He did. Even though it meant giving up His immortality and glory and Communion, He chose to love us by dying on the cross for us.
I find doing this a lot more difficult than I once thought (or maybe I just used to be more loving, I dunno). The more I get to know someone, the harder it is for me to love them. Perhaps I simply find it easier to judge them or have concluded that they ought to follow some expectation I’ve concocted in my mind.
But just as I can’t helplessly fall in love, neither can I helplessly say, oh I can’t love. Though I’ve been emotionally barren for a long, long time, I have no excuse. And the fact is, I can love, and I have been—just not all the time nor always in a Christ-worthy manner (for anyone can loves those who love him back, but Christ died for all).
This previous thought came to mind as I was praying for someone. It was honestly really difficult to pray for this person, especially since it was over a particular struggle/concern. I wrestled to erase this thought from my head, but it still pervaded—yo, I knew it! This is result of your sin. And then—damn, John, how wicked is your heart?
I won’t condemn this person just as Christ has freed me from condemnation. At least, I’ll try my best. I’ll love this person, best as I can, because Christ loved me first.
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(Reblogged from littlethingsaboutgod)
Following Christ isn’t something that can be done half-heartedly or on the side. It is not a label we can display when it is useful. It must be central to everything we do and are.
Francis Chan (via littlethingsaboutgod)
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if you sold all your eggs you would make $3.2 billion
your uterus is worth $3.2 billion
I JUST REALIZED THAT THIS MEANS EVERY TIME YOU HAVE A PERIOD YOU LOSE $8,000???????????? TERRIBLE
Maybe that’s why we get so emotional
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(Reblogged from louieguan)
The devil knows your name but calls you by your sin. God knows your sin but calls you by your name.
Ricardo Sanchez (via lovedrelentlesslybyhim)
His & Hers.
What other King leaves his throne?
What other King leaves his glory to die?
Your Life Is Too Hard Sometimes, And Jesus Gets That.
Have you ever felt bad about thinking you have it hard? You know that there are other people out there who have it worse than you do and so you shouldn’t be having a hard time, right? The only thing is, sometimes your life is overwhelming. Sometimes it’s more than you can bear. Sure, other folks may be worse off, but for you, this struggle is real, and it’s frankly too much. I think a lot of us assume that the Godly thing to do is to simply suck it up and deal with it. We think that what God wants is for us to ignore the pain and simply rise above it like an extreme athlete training for some impossible physical feat. We think Jesus is frustrated. We feel guilty for struggling in life’s problems because we believe the Lord wants us smiling through all of it, all of the time. In John 5, Jesus went to a place covered with sick and disabled people. There was one man there who had been paralyzed for thirty eight years. That’s longer than I’ve been alive. The coolest thing about this story is that Jesus saw the man lying there and learned he had been there for a long time. That’s what John says. Jesus thought the guy had been suffering for a long time. He didn’t say, “Cheer up, dude! Thirty eight years is nothing in the light of eternity!” No, Jesus recognized it was hard. Jesus sees your pain as well and He cares about how it feels to you. He knows you’ve been having a rough time and He’s not looking for you to simply rise above it. No, He wants to meet you in it.
To see more of these little paragraphs about Jesus, CLICK HERE
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(Source: magicalweddingstuff)
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(Reblogged from yesdarlingido)
Just as the believer is choked by the salt water of doubt constantly washed into his mouth by the ocean of uncertainty, so the nonbeliever is troubled by doubts about his unbelief, about the real totality of the world he has made up his mind to explain as a self contained whole. In short, there is no escape from the dilemma of being a man.
J Cardinal Ratzinger, Introduction to Christianity (via sonsofscotland)
