I could do this every single day. It’s so worth it. Every hour, every pain. Every moment where you thought it was going to end badly. All the awkwardness, ALL OF IT. IS worth the sake of the gospel.
Because what else can fill this emptiness but the Love of God? And who are we to keep it to ourselves!
The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God.
- Romans 14:6
A good reminder for me when it starts to get hard…
Ridiculously happy. Letting go of the past. Starting a new future. Baby steps of faith though my legs shake. All by the grace of God. Or as ridiculously said on the super bowl, “If God is for us, who can be against us?”
Covenantal. Word of the Year.
I don’t like being alone.
Lord, save me from myself.
-Jon Foreman
Moroccan blanket, screen touch gloves, new hat, and some water. Car ride to airport. Ready for Alaska. (at Laguna Canyon)
and happy birthday to Jesus! Even though this probably really isn’t your birthday :) It’s still good to appreciate your role in my life and so many others..
And of course appreciate all of the amazing friends and family. Love you all!
Wonderfully blessed. There isn’t anything else I would ask for on a birthday than the ability to comfort a friend when they need it.
After 35 years of marriage, how can it be possible to say, “I don’t love you anymore.”
How easy is it to erode an entire life together.. to live and go through everything together for 35 years for it to simply end in that. It’s amazing how in the world you start with this limited amount of love and in the end it seems to run out.. But from a Christian perspective you grow to love the person you marry more and more everyday, and that love stems from God’s love working through you. Reminded more and more about our brokenness.
Blessed assurance, beautiful inheritance indeed. The boundary lines have definitely fallen in pleasant places, and even the tidal wave of love I received today is nothing in comparison to God’s love for me.. Thinking over my testimony, how God has changed my life and made someone as despicable, as sinful as me into a new creation, it’s still unbelievable. I know I have a long way to go, a lot more growing, a lot more struggles and challenges to face, and the old nature still clings on to me, but through God I can conquer. If God is for us, who can be against us? Loving my family in Christ, slowly building each other up! And need to cling on to the promises of his grace!
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.
— Galatians 2:20-21
Cannot believe how much I love these verses. :) I was lost, but now I’m found!
Rainbow Eucalyptus trees shed their bark at different rates, freshly revealed patches will reveal a bright green color, which then darkens to give orange, maroon, and blue colors. (via)
Scanning electron micrograph of a single red blood cell on the tip of a needle (via)
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