30 9 / 2011
"Your failures do not change God. God uses your failures to change you."
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04 9 / 2011
"‘Welcome, child,’ he said.
‘Aslan,’ said Lucy, ‘you’re bigger.’
‘That is because you are older, little one,’ answered he.
‘Not because you are?’
‘I am not. But every year you grow, you will find me bigger.’"
(via taylorrolyat)
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31 8 / 2011
Rick Thomas: A Personal Note to Any Girl Who Wants to Get Married
The things you like about him versus what you should like about him
At some point someone will ask you what you like about him. What will you say? If you say something about his personality, looks, work ethic, or how he treats you, then you are well on your way to a train wreck.
There is only one right answer to the question, “What do you like about him?” While all of the other things listed above may be good, they are not the things that will sustain your marriage for the next 60 years. Those are variables.
His personality will change drastically as he grows older. His looks will decline. His work ethic will be controlled to some degree by the economy. And how he treats you will also change dramatically as the years go by. These variables must be under the influence of something more stable.
The only thing that will make all of those things turn out well for you is if he is controlled by Almighty God. If he loves God with all of his heart, soul, mind, and strength then his personality, looks, work ethic, and how he treats you will be governed by this Person.
(Source: jessikitaarellano, via taylorrolyat)
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14 7 / 2011
Well.. I think I have two homes now. One in Rebuplica Dominicana and one here. Where ever I am my heart will always ache for the other..
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13 7 / 2011
Have you ever wondered…
Why we judge people? Is it because we want to justify our own actions? …I feel like this is definately the root of it. Isn’t the love that Christ puts in our heart to share with everyone unconditional? Since that’s true..then why do so many Christians judge? I really want to start focusing on loving people unconditionally, therefore laying any of my judgements aside. I think that is really one of the hardest things to do, but if you live in Christ’s love, I feel like that is one thing that will become easier and easier each day.. Just a thought I’ve been pondering, because I know that before I became saved I felt like everywhere I went I was always being judged for my actions, it wasn’t till someone showed me unconditional love that I experienced the true love of Christ and decided to invite him in my heart…
Just some thoughts I’ve been pondering..
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10 7 / 2011
Sometimes…
I really wish I was better at letting things that are unimportant in the long run go.
05 7 / 2011
Republica Dominicana Forever in My Heart
My trip in the Dominican truely made me take a second look into my heart. Made me look at what I value in life, and how I put it in place on the totem pole, and I realized after I got back, that my order is pretty screwed up. All my life I have said I need a new toy, or I need a new phone, or I need a new dress. I didn’t need any of that, sure I wanted it, but I sure didn’t NEED it. The people over there actually NEED stuff like that. And here I am able to go to the store and within an hour have exactly what I wanted. Americans are so wealthy yet we complain about having no money all the time. And the thing is, the people over there were not rich, not even close, but I didn’t here a single complaint come out of their mouths the whole time I was over there. Unlike such ungrateful Americans, even when we have it all. And the thing that gets to me most is they had pure joy in their hearts, they were always willing to lend a helping hand, and when you call someone your neighbor or friend over there, it means truely watching each other’s back and helping each other out even when it means sacrificing some of your own time, or money. I really want to know what has made Americans the way we are and what makes them the way they are. Because I want to live like they do, not in the selfish way we do… It’s certainly food for thought, but I’m not really sure that there is an absolute conclusion. All I know is that my heart yearns to go back to the Dominican Republic one day. Not now, for my place is here, but one day I’m sure I’ll here God’s call to go back one day and I’ll be estatic to follow him there(:
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10 6 / 2011
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Prayer for Children:
We pray for the children
who put chocolate fingers everywhere,
who like to be tickled,
who stomp in puddles and ruin their new pants,
who sneak Popsicles before supper,
who erase holes in math workbooks,
who can never find their shoes.
And we pray for those
who stare at photographers from behind barbed wire,
who’ve never squeaked across the floor in new sneakers,
who never had crayons to count,
who are born in places we wouldn’t be caught dead,
who never go to the circus,
who live in an X-rated world.
We pray for children
who bring us sticky kisses and fistfuls of dandelions,
who sleep with the dog and bury goldfish,
who give hugs in a hurry and forget their lunch money,
who cover themselves with Band-Aids and sing off-key,
who squeeze toothpaste all over the sink,
who slurp their soup.
And we pray for those
who never get dessert,
who watch their parents watch them die,
who have no safe blanket to drag behind,
who can’t find any bread to steal,
who don’t have any rooms to clean up,
whose pictures aren’t on anybody’s dresser,
whose monsters are real.
We pray for children
who spend all their allowance before Tuesday,
who throw tantrums in the grocery store and pick at their food,
who like ghost stories, who shove dirty clothes under the bed,
who never rinse out the tub,
who get visits from the tooth fairy,
who don’t like to be kissed in front of the school,
who squirm in church and scream in the phone,
whose tears we sometimes laugh at and
whose smiles can make us cry.And we pray for those
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whose nightmares come in the daytime,
who will eat anything,
who aren’t spoiled by anybody,
who go to bed hungry and cry themselves to sleep,
who live and move, but have no being.
We pray for children who want to be carried,
and for those who must.
For those we never give up on,
and for those who never get a chance.
For those we smother with our love,
and for those who will grab the hand of
anybody kind enough to offer.
(via clarityinthought)
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16 5 / 2011
Psalms 55:17-19
“Morning, noon, and night I complain and groan, and he listens to my voice. With his peace he will rescue my sould, from the war waged against me, buecause there are many soldiers fighting against me. God will listen. The one who has sat enthroned from the beginning will deal with them.”
