February 2012
114 posts
“From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth;...”
– Acts 17:26-28
P.S. He is not far from any one of us. Always remember that.
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Until We Meet Again, You Have My Love.
Dear Friends,
I know this will be my second goodbye, but this is my last, most of the questions have been answered, and those which haven’t soon shall be. Facebook me, if you’d like to. I’m just tired of all of this, you know? We all ought to feel the need to savor the dirt between our toes, to watch the sun rise, to watch the sun set, to be at peace with what God made here, and...
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Anonymous asked: Do you ever find yourself in desperation asking God why he couldn't have made homosexuality not a sin?
Anonymous asked: Hi i am a christian but am having problems with faith. I just found out that i have a bad back and neck and i am only 14 years old and very scared on what will happen to me. they say it is very serious and i feel like i will never be healed i am praying and asking God to heal be because by His strips i am healed but i have a hard time believing it since nothing is getting better. will you please...
Anonymous asked: I'm the person who asked that question about how it can be a sin for me to love a man. The thing is, is that I do love God and his son more than anything else in this world. I truly do, but for someone to tell me that my deep love for someone else is a sin, is somewhat hurtful. It hurts me so much. For you to tell me that I'm just feeling lust for this man is incorrect. I love him just...
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Anonymous asked: Why is it a sin for me to love a man in the way that a man would love a woman? I need to know the answer to this question. I greatly dislike being told that the love I feel towards another human being is sinful due to the fact of the person's gender. I love God. I love Jesus. And I love him. I love him, not just because of his psychical being, but because of what's inside and how we make...
“If Jesus has your heart, He will have your will. If He has your heart, He will...”
– Paul Washer
Anonymous asked: I too am a struggler of homosexuality. I left it behind me but I still feel in such a way for girls. Did you ever learn to love girls? How did God help you? Much love and Immanuel :D
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Taking a tumblr break for the next few days...
it might be a week. IDK…but tumblr is definitely a stumbling block for me right now.
What are you doing right now?
Not this moment, but in this life. What are you doing on tumblr when boys and girls, mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, bakers and bankers, enemies and enigmas, are dying all around you?
What are you doing, sitting here, listening to “Skinny Love”, when you should be out there, in the dark of the night, singing “Oh, how He loves us!”?
What are you doing, fiddling...
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I am this woman.
They went each to his own house, but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.
The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law Moses...
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“May the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely …”
– 1 Thessalonians 5:23 (via graciousmelody)
Anonymous asked: You have no idea how much I in a way respect the fact that you admit the fact that you need God more and stuff and that you are not one of those "Christians". That is all.
I'm a sinner. Pure and simple.
I’m a sinner. I so often am lukewarm, but, at times, I can be entirely, unrelentingly unrepentant, throwing my sin (intentionally or not, it doesn’t matter) into the face of the Father. My heart is so hard.
I’ve been told a million times how sweet I am, but that makes it only all the worse. I’m so sweet, I’m sick of it, like too much sugar in a shallow cup of...
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“While the Reformed evangelists of the Great Awakening were also presidents of...”
– Michael Horton
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Some days...
I look in the mirror, and I can’t believe that God made a body like this. The arch of my neck, the shape of my hands, the angle of my mouth, the bronze highlights in my hair, the sea-mist blue of my eyes.
But most days I look into the mirror and feel shame. Shame for what I am. Shame for what I’ve been. Shame for what I’ve made myself. Shame that I’m not like the others.
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Classy Living: Do not let your heart get anxious... →
Do not let your heart get anxious about your brothers and sisters. Show them compassion and be willing to speak truth into their lives, but know that I have everything in my hands. Your responsibility is to speak the Word and to live boldly with the love of the Savior, but only through grace shall they know the love of the Savior. Do not deceive yourself to believe the power to save others from...
Sometimes, I've had just about enough of myself....
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Anonymous asked: what/who is a pancake wife?
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afewshortbreaths asked: Thank you for being real. For being honest and consistently reminding us of Christ. And not just the lovey-dovey side of God but the deep and bare and true sacrificial love of Christ. Sometimes, we forget. That's if we ever know at all.
heavygrey:
dillonj:
I want to own a coffee shop just so I can paint it crazy colors and play hipster music.
I want you to own a coffee shop so I can come hang out in it.
We’d be a dream team. Let’s kick it!
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Anonymous asked: What state do you live in?
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Anonymous asked: Oh, you are lovely.
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On the night He was betrayed...
Saturday, two days ago, I was sitting at my breakroom at work, eating an overly-hummused sandwich, and talking to this rather flighty coworker about healing from a life of shame, and you know that Jesus’ name came up.
She rolled her eyes and said “Oh, it’s all about the big ‘JC’”.
“Really?” I asked, taken aback by her brash dismissal of Jesus and...
Anonymous asked: I want you to know just how deeply you're loved. God doesn't judge you or think that you're not good enough. He doesn't push you aside or think any less of you because of your struggles. Instead, He continues to love you and look upon you like a rose. He wants to endure this journey with you. He wants to see you through it. He wants to bring you through life so you can be home...
“We will never stand in awe of being loved by God until we reckon with the...”
– John Piper
Wait, there's a game on?
Fear not, timid heart, the Lord, the LORD, is...