What Women Fear

Most of our common fears are actually heightened responses to what we perceive threatens our life.

What Women Fear

To truly believe with everything in me as the Bible says, that death is sweeter than life, would revolutionize the way I live & love.  It would constantly remind me that the worst isnt as bad as it seems because He is on the other side of it.

What Women Fear

At its core, it is the recognition that I do not have control of life.  God Himself knows my last day on this earth & how it is that I will be brought to Him.  It isn't for me to know.  As with so many other fears, this struggle is in the acknowledgement that no matter how long I spend worrying about it, I won't be any closer to an answer.

What Women Fear

If what we are being called to do is in God's will for us, we truly can't fail.

Heroes & Monsters

The most fascinating people in the world are the people who are most fascinated by the world, & those same people are the ones who change the world.  No one who's ever influenced this planet has ever done so without being remarkably curious.

Heroes & Monsters

I want love without drama, romance without pain.  I want intimacy without vulnerability.  I want a guarantee.  I want something that doesnt exist.  Maybe we all do... maybe we're all chasing unicorns.

Heroes & Monsters

Laughter is the evidence that we're still here, the proof that our tragedies will not define us forever.  Laughter is the language of the survivor.

Heroes & Monsters

I suppose we all hit a point when no one has to describe fear & confusion for us anymore, a point when life carves it into us.

Heroes & Monsters

... he does know how to make me laugh & sometimes there is no better way to love someone than that...

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Motivation is what mobilizes a pereson to perform an activity.  It's what moves us to undertake something with hope & makes us carry it out as we overcame obstacles that arise, by applying the necessary effort.

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Simply live with God.  The rest will happen by itself & that will take care of all your worries.  Why should I worry?  It's not my responsibility to think about myself.  My responsibility is to think about God.  It's God's responsibility to think about me.

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The most important thing is not starting the race, but rather the unwavering determination to reach the finish line.

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That's just how I want to be Lord, a simple instrument fulfilling an eternal purpose.  The most useless instrument, but in the most useful hands: Your hands.

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Don't view the Bible as your workbook.  Make it a collection of love letters that God has written to you.  Then when you read it, it will cease to be an obligation & turn into sheer delight.

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Don't trust too much in the speech of a man who doesnt have scars...

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Often, the grave buries two hearts in the coffin without knowing it

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It is only when we have said good-bye that we feel & understand the strength with which we have loved.

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We want our lives to be pure nectar without any problems...

A true winner is not someone who does not see difficulties but rather one who is not frightened by them & does not retreat or turn back.  That's why we can declare without fear of being wrong that difficulties are advantageous.  They product maturity & growth.  Every person needs a real storm in his life to make him understand how much he has worried about light showers & simple fleeting nonsense.

The important thing is not to flee from the storm but rather to have faith & trust that it will pass & will leave something good in our lives.

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I knew then that the pain of absense is not always healed with time, that past scratches leave inevitable grooves on the delicate fabric of the memory.

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What we may consider unpleasant storms often are gusts of wind that redirect our ships to important ports that we never would have reached if we had had a pleasant crossing.

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"Do not make changes during times of storms"

Not one decision made in the middle of the night will be a right one.

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Those who hurt us the most are the ones who need God the most

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Love them.  Even those who despise you... especially them, because those who deserve it the least are the ones who need it the most.

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Grace is receiving that which we do not deserve;  mercy is not receiving what we do deserve

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Grace is love in action.  It's possible to give without loving, but its totally impossible to love without giving ....

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecution, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. ~2 Corinthians 12:9-10

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"My strength is made perfect in weakness" ~ 2 Corinthians 12:9

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God allows obstacles to come our way & doesnt prevent us from making mistakes, because the resulting weakness can actually turn into our true strength.

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It's on our knees before Him where we find balance. When you're temped to think you lack courage, look at the cross.

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God does not call the equipped; rather, He equips those He calls.

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You should read a lot, especially the Bible, but also seek to soak yourself with wisdom from others.  A good book will make you grow.  They are like mines.  Mines full of riches.  Each chapter is like a showcase that is hiding treasures, waiting for someone to discover them.

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"My life has sprung forth from the shade of the cross.  I have always lived proteced by it, & I want the cross to be the ladder that lifts me up to His presence when my time comes."

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Serving Him implies entering a battle & it is wise to remember that in a battle there are no soliders without wounds.