February 2012
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“Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus… just to take Him at His word…”
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“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions...”
– Lamentations 3:22-23
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“Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men...”
– (Psalm 37:7, 8 NIV)
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“Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men...”
– (Psalm 37:7, 8 NIV)
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“We don’t just lose joy, as though one day we have it and the next...”
– Frances Chan (Crazy Love)
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“As long as you are proud you cannot know God. A proud man is always looking down...”
– Mere Christianity (1952)
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“A set-apart young woman is marked by the imprint of Christ. She possess a placid calmness. Like an oak tree in the midst of a raging storm, she remains unruffled by life’s cares. She possess a confidence that is otherworldly. She smiles at trials, laughs at challenges, and is undaunted by the thought of dying. She cares not whether the world applauds her life; her ears are attuned...
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“He can’t be conveniently fit into our lives; He must become what our lifestyles are are built around. From the moment we wake up until the moment we go to sleep, He must become the center. And when He does, we quickly realize that God’s dreams unlock the beauty of life itself.”
Authentic Beauty, Leslie Ludy
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I Have Let You Down Again, Father
I have let you down again, Father.
Oh, how I tried hard but I’ll try harder.
Promises I want to make, I can’t keep.
I hate my talk, my talk is so cheap.
I’ve made it far, but I’ll make it farther.
Next time I will be stronger, better.
Next time your trust I will honor.
My shame is great, my sin so deep.
I have let you down again, Father.
A thousand times I claimed your martyr.
A million times...
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January 2012
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The List Keeper
I keep lists. Not organized/to-do/accomplished lists but awful ones. I store these lists in my heart and they record the ways in which people have hurt me or let me down. I didn’t realize that I did this until my mom pointed it out to me and I hated to hear it but only because it’s true. Some people may recognize these lists as unforgiveness or bitterness.
Forgiveness is a strange...
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Cardboard
I opened a square, brown box made of flimsy, uncertain cardboard and placed you in it. I gave you everything needed to suppress any impulsive feelings you might entertain. I rushed back and forth grabbing whatever I could lay my sweating, desperate hands on. You watched, smiling from your box like joy, like love, like everything you wanted. You were surrounded by styrofoam packing peanuts...
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“Whatever occupies your mind the most becomes your god. Worries, if indulged,...”
– Jesus Calling
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“The kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it,...”
– Matthew 13:44
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The World Conquered
“The love for equals is a human thing - of friend for friend, brother for brother. It is to love what is loving and lovely. The world smiles. The love for the less fortunate is a beautiful thing - the love for those who suffer, for those who are poor, the sick, the failures, the unlovely. This is compassion, and it touches the heart of the world. The love for the more fortunate is a rare...
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“Whom have I in heaven but you?
And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My...”
– (Psalm 73:25, 26 NIV)
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“We have been created for greater things. Not just to be a number in the world,...”
– Blessed Mother Teresa
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Too often we forget to adore Him...
“Too often we forget to adore him, to thank him for His incredible love and faithfulness to us. But in every generation there are a few who make another choice - a choice to shamelessly, tenderly, reverently, adore their Prince, no matter what they are going through. And they are filed with a matchless radiance that is not of this world.”
Authentic Beauty, Leslie Ludy
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“We are always falling in love or quarreling, looking for jobs or fearing to lose...”
– Learning in War-Time (1939)
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Abide With Me
Abide with me; fast falls the eventide; the darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide. When other helpers fail and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide with me. Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day; earth’s joys grow dim; its glories pass away; change and decay in all around I see; O thou who changest not, abide with me. I need thy presence every passing hour. ...
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“Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At...”
– Mere Christianity (1952)
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“Do you know that nothing you do in this life will ever matter, unless it is...”
– Francis Chan
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God is not someone who can be tacked on to our...
“What scars me most are the people who are lukewarm and just don’t care. I think that if I did a poll of the readers of this book, many of you would say, ‘Yeah, I am definitely lukewarm at times, but I’m not really at a place to give more to God.’ Many of us believe we have as much of God as we want right now, a reasonable portion of God among all the other things in...
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“A woman who fears the Lord will not run away from God to satisfy her longings...”
– John Piper
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“Don’t pray that God would teach you how to love like He loves; pray that He...”
– Eric Ludy (via ajstorytellers)
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Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature...
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“Nothing could ever matter to me again but the things that were eternal…”
– Amy Carmichael
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“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all...”
– Deuteronomy 6:5-9
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“But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find Him if you look for...”
– Deuteronomy 4:29-31
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It is fear that keeps us from changing the...
“It is fear that keeps us from changing the world. It is fear that keeps our mouths shut when we know we need to speak. It is fear that keeps us sitting when we know we need to stand. And it is fear that keeps us from giving everything when we wonder if we will ever get it back. We fear what might happen, we fear what might not happen, we fear what people think, and we even fear what we...