I’ve read this somewhere before, but it’s always a funny reminder :)
“To all the girls who are in a hurry to have a boyfriend or get married, a piece of Biblical advice: ‘Ruth patiently waited for her mate, Boaz.’ While you are waiting for YOUR Boaz, don’t settle for any of his relatives;…
Dan Mohler - How to Resist the Devil
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When I created the heavens and the earth, I spoke them into being. When I created man, I formed him and breathed life into his nostrils. But you, woman, I fashioned after I breathed the breath of life into man because your nostrils are too delicate.
I allowed a deep sleep to come over him so I…
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There is a difference between valley-level revelation, mountaintop-level revelation, and heavenly-level revelation.
For too long the Church has been satisfied with valley-level revelation - that is, revelation from the pit, revelation from the midst of suffering, persecution, and sin. We’ve…
"Lord, make a channel of Thy peace that, where there is hatred, I may bring love; that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness; that, where there is discord, I may bring harmony; that, where there is error, I may bring truth; that, where there is doubt, I may bring faith; that, where there is despair, I may bring hope; that, where there are shadows, I may bring light; that, where there is sadness, I may bring joy.
Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted, to understand than to be understood; to love than to be loved; for it is by forgetting self that one finds; it is forgiving that one is forgiven; it is by dying that one awakens to eternal life."
Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted, to understand than to be understood; to love than to be loved; for it is by forgetting self that one finds; it is forgiving that one is forgiven; it is by dying that one awakens to eternal life."
— St. Francis of Assisi
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It’s crazy how when you call people out for saying, “Without God I’m nothing!” they argue with you, then eventually say, “Okay, you make a good point, but you do agree that without God we’re nothing, right?” like they just HAVE to hear you say it to be satisfied. I don’t get why that is, anyone got any ideas?
Sure, I agree that without God we are nothing, but I’m not without God, so I don’t ever think in terms of being “nothing without Him”. Just like I don’t wake up and say, “Without my eyes I couldn’t see! Without my ears I couldn’t hear!”
No shit, that’s blatantly obvious! But you have eyes and ears, so instead of fantasizing about a life without them, why don’t you just enjoy seeing and hearing?
"— Daniel Silva
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Blessed Are Those Who Hunger and Thirst For Righteousness, For They Will Be Filled
i was always confused about the lyrics:
“we are hungry
we are hungry
we are hungry for more of you”
because we already have all of Him!
so for many many months, i changed the lyrics:
“we’re not hungry
we’re not hungry
we already have all of you”
and i would thank Him for not holding back on me & giving me all of Him.
that’s when i realized the importance of hunger.
hunger doesn’t mean that i don’t have access to all of Him and that i’m praying to have it- hunger is a mindset.
hunger is understanding that there’s always more to receive. how can God come and fill you up with His Love- how can God extend the capacity of your own heart to love and forgive- if you’re not hungering to have it? if you think you’re already full from having all of God, you’re also leaving no space in your heart for God to reveal to you more of His Love.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.
the ones that are hungry are the ones that are fed. how can the full eat from His feast?
i’m hungry for more. in fact, i’m starving for more. i’m not saying i don’t have full access to the Father- because i do. i’m just opening up more space in my heart to learn to crave His Love & His Righteousness.
just because we have all of Him doesn’t mean we all tap into understanding how much we have. what exactly does “all” mean? how do we tap into the fullness of God that we already have? we enlarge our heart- by spending time with Him, by asking and seeking with hunger- until “it is capable of containing God’s gift of Himself” (Mother Teresa).
isn’t that why we fast, after all? not to gain more favor from God, but to learn how to hunger for Him?
i always knew that we can grow in the knowledge of the fullness of God. but i realized that when we extend our knowledge, the actual fullness of God increases too. which is why there’s always more! there’s no limit to understanding the fullness of God because it’s always increasing! when the seraphims cry “holy holy holy” every time God releases new revelation, i just thought it was because God is infinite, but never thought so far that it might be increasing! so even saying that there is a fullness of God is capping the fullness of God. i hope i’m making sense. i’m still chewing on this. sorry if i’m kind of beating around the bush. haven’t really found language to it yet.
