Thought provoking
CREED
We believe in the one High God who out of love created
the beautiful world and everything good in it. He
created man and wanted man to be happy in the world.
God loves the world and every nation and tribe on the
earth. We have known this High God in the darkness,
and now we know him in the light. God promises in
the book of his word, the Bible, that... See more
We believe in the one High God who out of love created
the beautiful world and everything good in it. He
created man and wanted man to be happy in the world.
God loves the world and every nation and tribe on the
earth. We have known this High God in the darkness,
and now we know him in the light. God promises in
the book of his word, the Bible, that... See more
Like this for its language, tone - certainly not written in the standard white, paternalistic vernacular.
“Why
do you think Jesus tells us to pray
for daily bread? Why not monthly or
yearly bread?” It was an interesting
question I had not considered. As I
thought, a young woman flanked by
fussy toddlers on her chest and back
replied, “Because if God gave me food
for more than a day, I would not talk
to him.”
do you think Jesus tells us to pray
for daily bread? Why not monthly or
yearly bread?” It was an interesting
question I had not considered. As I
thought, a young woman flanked by
fussy toddlers on her chest and back
replied, “Because if God gave me food
for more than a day, I would not talk
to him.”
The hardest truth about happiness is that it's a choice.
Watch how people discuss their problems. They'll spend hours explaining why things are terrible, how unfair life is, and how others need to change. But suggest they might have the power to improve things and they suddenly have countless reasons why that's impossible.
Self-pity feels safer... See more
Watch how people discuss their problems. They'll spend hours explaining why things are terrible, how unfair life is, and how others need to change. But suggest they might have the power to improve things and they suddenly have countless reasons why that's impossible.
Self-pity feels safer... See more
Brain Food: The Hardest Truth
Isaiah 55
1 “Come, everyone who thirsts,
come to the waters;
and he who has no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without price.
1 “Come, everyone who thirsts,
come to the waters;
and he who has no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without price.
It’s really just you against the mirror. You vs you. No one else can win at a game of one. I know it’s hard not to get distracted, race horses wear blinders for a reason. Your lane you’re game. LFG.
From Codie Sanchez via LinkedIn
I can feel that diminishment returning to everyday life. Everyone’s wrung out from the news and the terror inflicted by clown oligarchs and mad leaders and the general enshittification that is ensuing.
Austin Kleon • The Subtle Art of Showing Up
Writer G. K. Chesterton reminds us to not be carried along by life, but to live with energy, will, and conviction:
“A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.”
Source: The Everlasting Man
“A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.”
Source: The Everlasting Man
3-2-1: On the ultimate form of preparation, how to increase your power, and living with conviction
Nephesh: More than disembodied soul…