“The good things don’t always soften the bad, but vice-versa, the bad things don’t necessarily spoil the good things and make them unimportant.”
“Nobody important? Blimey, that’s amazing. Do you know, in nine hundred years of time and space I’ve never met anyone who wasn’t important before.”
“If it’s time to go, remember what you’re leaving. Remember the best. My friends have always been the best of me.”
Love that praise you through the storm song someone posted a couple of pages back.
Today I decided was going to be a fresh start with my eating and my attitudes towards it. I went to home group tonight and someone there said they'd got a feeling from God that today was going to be a new beginning for me and they didn't even know that's already how I was feeling. Feels so good to know that I have God's support in this. Hopefully this time I'll succeed.
i emailed you that song in the list i sent you i think but yus i loveee that song
“The good things don’t always soften the bad, but vice-versa, the bad things don’t necessarily spoil the good things and make them unimportant.”
“Nobody important? Blimey, that’s amazing. Do you know, in nine hundred years of time and space I’ve never met anyone who wasn’t important before.”
“If it’s time to go, remember what you’re leaving. Remember the best. My friends have always been the best of me.”
“The good things don’t always soften the bad, but vice-versa, the bad things don’t necessarily spoil the good things and make them unimportant.”
“Nobody important? Blimey, that’s amazing. Do you know, in nine hundred years of time and space I’ve never met anyone who wasn’t important before.”
“If it’s time to go, remember what you’re leaving. Remember the best. My friends have always been the best of me.”
Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her;
If you can bounce high, bounce for her too,
Till she cry "Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover,
I must have you!"
Thomas Parke D’Invilliers
psh you should be cheerful ^_^ you getsa travel and see cool peoples soon
:P
“The good things don’t always soften the bad, but vice-versa, the bad things don’t necessarily spoil the good things and make them unimportant.”
“Nobody important? Blimey, that’s amazing. Do you know, in nine hundred years of time and space I’ve never met anyone who wasn’t important before.”
“If it’s time to go, remember what you’re leaving. Remember the best. My friends have always been the best of me.”
i played that praise u in this storm song everyday while i was depressed earlier in the year. it really helped me. Its often hard to remember to praise God even when we feel like crap and things dont go the way. Love to all x x x x
Hi All,
God has been so amazing for me over the last week. I've been having a really hard time and have SI'd more than I have in years. Thankfully I am coming through it and I can see God's grace is upon me.
It's a hard journey to take but when you get there it's such a sence of peace.
I shall be praying for you all, that God may shine down on you each day and keep you close in His arms.
God Bless
Liz
Lyrics to Heaven Breaks :
It always starts like this,
A harmless and simple thing to fix.
Contagious and spreading quick…
Like cracks in ice,
Wholly claiming our lives
While we sleep.
We’ll pray for Heaven’s floor to break,
Pour the brightest white on blackest space,
Come bleeding gloriously through
The clouds and the blue.
Forcing one place from two,
Killing formulaic views,
Only love proves to be the truth.
When heaven meets the earth,
We will have no use for numbers
To measure who are and what we’re worth.
When Heaven meets the earth,
We will have no need for mirrors
To tell us who to be
And where we fit into this awkward point of view.
When angels meet the earth, may our bodies be light.
When angels meet the earth, may our heavy hearts untie.
When angels meet the earth, may our bodies be light.
May our bodies be light for you
^jacqui wanted me to post in here :)
“The good things don’t always soften the bad, but vice-versa, the bad things don’t necessarily spoil the good things and make them unimportant.”
“Nobody important? Blimey, that’s amazing. Do you know, in nine hundred years of time and space I’ve never met anyone who wasn’t important before.”
“If it’s time to go, remember what you’re leaving. Remember the best. My friends have always been the best of me.”
aaaand fairy sent thissss to me on facebook and i liked it and figured everyone should read :P
"if we're good enough for God and He loves us and He is the greatest, then surely we should be good enough for ourselves and should love ourselves too. He accepts us as we are and loves us even though we're not perfect. We don't have to be the thinnest, the cleverest, the most beautiful. We just have to be true to ourselves. To God we are beautiful and we should try to see it that way too."
“The good things don’t always soften the bad, but vice-versa, the bad things don’t necessarily spoil the good things and make them unimportant.”
“Nobody important? Blimey, that’s amazing. Do you know, in nine hundred years of time and space I’ve never met anyone who wasn’t important before.”
“If it’s time to go, remember what you’re leaving. Remember the best. My friends have always been the best of me.”
i need some support... it feels like God is giving up on me :'(
My dad has lost his faith :'(
And when people talk about God, it is becoming annoying. I just don't have the energy to talk about my beliefs or views anymore. I don't care to. And i have this really bad stabbing pain in my chest when i think of it. Why does it all seem so bad at the moment?
I've told God i hate him so many times the past week or two, but whenever i used to do that i would repent and say sorry and i would be forgiven. But now i can't even say sorry. Because i don't know whether i do mean it anymore. DO i hate God? I just don't know... I can't explain the feeling...
And how can i help my dad get his faith back? He says to me that he's sure God hates him. and that he's worthnothing. And then i'm the one to pick up the pieces when he breaks down. Im the one that has to watch the suffering. And i can't even give money to charities anymore. I can't do any helping people because we have no money for ourselves.
And helping others is what made me happy with myself. The onlt thing that made me happy. Without that, im broken...
If i got pocket money i would give that to charities. I would help people less fortunate. \but i dont get any pocket money.
ANd another thing, is i promised someone something... but i can't keep to that promise anymore. And i gave them so much hope. Its only £10 but it was something to help them so much. But i don't have that money to give :'(
All my birthday money had to go on the rent. :'(
Its all my fault. I'm sorry. I'm sorry for everything.
I'm sorry...
Lyrics to Heaven Breaks :
It always starts like this,
A harmless and simple thing to fix.
Contagious and spreading quick…
Like cracks in ice,
Wholly claiming our lives
While we sleep.
We’ll pray for Heaven’s floor to break,
Pour the brightest white on blackest space,
Come bleeding gloriously through
The clouds and the blue.
Forcing one place from two,
Killing formulaic views,
Only love proves to be the truth.
When heaven meets the earth,
We will have no use for numbers
To measure who are and what we’re worth.
When Heaven meets the earth,
We will have no need for mirrors
To tell us who to be
And where we fit into this awkward point of view.
When angels meet the earth, may our bodies be light.
When angels meet the earth, may our heavy hearts untie.
When angels meet the earth, may our bodies be light.
May our bodies be light for you
^jacqui wanted me to post in here :)
Oh my.
I... don't even know how to start.
Quote:
We’ll pray for Heaven’s floor to break,
Pour the brightest white on blackest space,
This is beautiful yet terrifying... Living in the light like Christ has called us to is the most wonderful, beyond words experience, but also the most painful. Light means that the things we do in the dark are exposed. No secrets, nothing to hide behind. Christ wants to shine His light into every area of our lives. He doesn't just want the piece of our hearts that we've designated for 'religion', He ruthlessly demands the whole of our being.
Quote:
When heaven meets the earth,
We will have no use for numbers
To measure who are and what we’re worth.
When Heaven meets the earth,
We will have no need for mirrors
To tell us who to be
And where we fit into this awkward point of view.
This... just sums it up.
The obvious first thoughts at the mention of numbers are things like weight and bmi... But I find myself defining my self worth with other numbers, like grades for example.
I failed my second engineering physics test as well. There's still the chance to redeem myself with the final, but in all reality, that may not happen.
It kills me to even say this, but maybe I need to let go of my plan, because God might have something different in store.
Failing this class means living at home next semester. I have a really unhealthy home life, so this terrifies me... I have a lovely, supportive community of believers around me here, I'm starting therapy this week, I'm going to do leadership training with the ministry I'm involved in next semester, I'm joining an amazing church... I have trouble comprehending why God would want me back home next semester... Even being home for a weekend stresses me out tremendously, and the thought of being there all of the spring semester is distressing... When I found out my physics test grade last night, I had suicidal thoughts for the first time in a really long time. I just don't know what to do.
But somehow in this, I need to rely on God and trust that if I'm supposed to stay here, it'll happen, if not, things are going to be hard, but to God be the glory. I need to learn to echo Job's cry: Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gives, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. (Job 1:21)
pickle - i don't have much to say but God doesn't love you for what you can do. to him it doesn't matter if you have no money to give away, or if you can't help your dad with what he's suffering. he loves you because he made you. that's all. but it's everything. he loves your dad too, even if he can't feel it because things are so bad at the moment. if you're struggling to love God at the moment, that's understandable, i think most of us have those times. but don't stop loving and caring about his people and his creation. it doesn't sound like you're in danger of that but it can happen when too much gets laid on us. if you love where you can, God will do the rest.
pickle - God never gives up on us. From what your fathers saying it sounds like he still believes in God but has forgotten that God loves him and that jesus died for him.
Explain to your friend that u'd love to help her, u really wanted to keep ur promise but that unforseeable (sp!) events have made that temporarilly impossible. I'm sure they'll understand.
It's normal to be angry at God when things don't go as we feel they should, but really try to remember that his plan is still in action. He has amazing beautiful plans for you and unfortunately we cant see what these are. We are often left looking at the broken muddled up pieces, unable to see the bigger picture.
Try listening to that praise u in this storm song. It really helped me. There are other songs that artists have written out of brokeness, frustration and anger at God, i.e. Matt Redmans Blessed be your name.... I cant actually think of anymore... I'll post them if i find any x x x
"We are acceptable to God not because we have obeyed, nor because we have promised to give up things, but because of the death of Christ, and for no other reason."
God and His impeccable timing strike again... This is taken from today's section of My Utmost for His Highest, a really old devotional by Oswald Chambers. I don't read it daily, but a friend posted this earlier... I think I've just decided to do it next year. It's really phenomenal if you get the chance to look at it, you can actually read it free online: http://www.rbc.org/utmost/index.php
“The good things don’t always soften the bad, but vice-versa, the bad things don’t necessarily spoil the good things and make them unimportant.”
“Nobody important? Blimey, that’s amazing. Do you know, in nine hundred years of time and space I’ve never met anyone who wasn’t important before.”
“If it’s time to go, remember what you’re leaving. Remember the best. My friends have always been the best of me.”
I know that at least a couple of you are uneasy about the idea of celebrating halloween, so here's a neat idea.
Did you know that on October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the Wittenberg chapel?
So why not celebrate Reformation day instead?
I've decided to study an english translation of the 95 theses (found here)
Not all of them are relevant to the everyday life of the modern day believer, but a lot of them are. Just the first few blew me away...
Quote:
1. When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, "Repent"' (Mt 4:17), he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.
2. This word cannot be understood as referring to the sacrament of penance, that is, confession and satisfaction, as administered by the clergy.
3. Yet it does not mean solely inner repentance; such inner repentance is worthless unless it produces various outward mortification of the flesh.
and the last couple:
Quote:
94. Christians should be exhorted to be diligent in following Christ, their Head, through penalties, death and hell.
95. And thus be confident of entering into heaven through many tribulations rather than through the false security of peace (Acts 14:22).
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