November 2010
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work in progress.
Matthew 7:1-5 “Don’t pick on people, jump on their failures, criticize their faults— unless, of course, you want the same treatment. That critical spirit has a way of boomeranging. It’s easy to see a smudge on your neighbor’s face and be oblivious to the ugly sneer on your own. Do you have the nerve to say, ‘Let me wash your face for you,’ when your own face is...
October 2010
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think again.
Today I talked to a woman I met a few days ago. She’s a single mom who recently lost her job who is about to be evicted from her apartment. She has much less than i do and is still incredibly thankful for what she does have. She’s learned to not take the small things for granted because someday you might not have them. She’s learning what so many will never learn because they...
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“People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you...”
– Mother Teresa
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Matthew 22:37-39
Tonight i found myself saying “But biblically, it’s wrong.” Through most of my life, i have never had a problem with this saying, unless someone is saying it to me ofcourse, then i’m taken back. If you know me, you know that i am very passionate about ridding the world of judgment, i don’t believe it’s our place to judge others. Want to judge for yourself whats...
Simplicity.
“They say that I can move the mountains and send them crashing into the sea. They say that I can walk on water if I would follow and believe with faith like a child.” - Faith Like A Child, Jars of Clay
Today I brought the two children I babysit to the park, for the record, I love them so much and they will always be adorable to me! :) When we walked to the playground they immediately...
Promises, promises.
Matthew 5:37 - “Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.”
I think a lot of us have heard that verse and yet we still do not follow it. It seems like one of the simplest verses to comprehend, well it is, and we still lie, we still go back on our word. I am saying we, because i am...
