March 2012
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” “In the morning, long before dawn, he got up and left the house, and went off to a lonely place and prayed there. [Mark 1:35]” In the middle of sentences loaded with action – healing suffering people, casting out devils, responding to impatient disciples, traveling from town to town and preaching from synagogue to synagogue – we find these quiet words: “In the morning, long before dawn, he...
February 2012
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Job 1:21
Naked I came from my mother’s womb, & naked I shall return. The Lord gave, & the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
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the injustices of the world are the wounds of God
– nicholas wolterstorff (via holyspiritswag)
“God, who needs nothing, loves into existence wholly superfluous creatures in order that He may love & perfect them.”—c.s. lewis
January 2012
27 posts
Psalm 63 tonight//
You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry & parched land where there is no water.
I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power & your glory. Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, & in your name I will lift up my hands. I...
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The greatest thing anyone's ever said to me:
“Wow Lex. I couldn’t ever imagine you… of all people… being where you’re at now.”
I have a relentless and beautiful Savior; His mercy reigns and covers me.
Anonymous asked: What type of camera do you use? You take incredible pictures!
Scholar's Prayer →
Ineffable Creator,
You who are the true source of life and wisdom and the Principle on which everything depends, be so kind as to infuse in my obscure intelligence a ray of your splendor that may take away the darkness of sin and ignorance. Grant me keenness of understanding, ability to remember, measure and easiness of learning, discernment of what I read, rich grace with words. Grant me...
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You never marry the right person. →
simple song - the shins →
y.e.s. so happy. about time, mercer!
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Son Of A Storyteller: The Irony of Suffering →
hannahbabarskis:
sonofastoryteller:
I’m not smart enough to reconcile the problem of Evil, but I offer this to you as some form of exhortation, my brothers and sisters in the Struggle. No olivides, somos en la guerra. Perhaps we have forgotten half of the equation as we ask “Why do bad things happen to good people?” Somehow,…
AMEN.
December 2011
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