Be Strong In Love
I'm learning ... Wachet, stehet im Glauben, seid männlich und seid stark! Alle eure Dinge lasset in der Liebe geschehen! — St. Paul
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spiritualinspiration:

When you make a mistake, unfortunately, the critics and naysayers come out of the woodwork. People will tell you, “You’re all washed up. It’s too late.” If you wear that label, it will keep you from the amazing future God has in store. God says, “My mercy is bigger than any mistake.” God says, “I can still get you to your destiny.” God says, “I will give you beauty for those ashes. I’ll pay you back double for the unfair things that have happened.” You wouldn’t be alive unless God had another victory in your future. Why don’t you take off the “washed up” label? Take off the “failure,” “guilty,” “condemned” labels and put on some new labels: redeemed, restored, forgiven, bright future, new beginning.
Words to live by.
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If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak.

We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea.

We are far too easily pleased.

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C. S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory
"The pursuit of pleasure is an essential motive for every good deed."
John Piper
"It would be a bold and silly creature that came before its Creator with the boast ‘I’m no beggar. I love you disinterestedly.’"
C. S. Lewis
"The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too."
Ernest Hemingway
underthecarolinamoon:

Simple joys.