June 2010
29 posts
Reprove Me - A Boundless Webzine Article →
Every good work is tested in the fire. The fact that it works eventually silences the criticism.
4 tags
Humility
…means knowing your God-given place, accepting it with all graciousness even though it may not be what you want, not belittling nor accolading yourself, and living it out.
So you need to know your place in things, what your role is, what and who you are, what is required/expected of you in that role, an awareness of all these that you are able to and where you are wanted/unwanted (yes...
“My beloved is mine, and I am His; and His banner over me is love.”
– Children’s song, paraphrased from Songs of Solomon
Helplessness
..is when you know exactly what is going on, and you are absolutely powerless to do anything about it.
So Much To Say - Redux
“…there is so much to say, and i pray God will grant the time”
What Are You Leaning On? - Joshua Harris →
Taming the Tongue →
Simply having the freedom to do a thing doesn’t justify doing it. Being able to discipline oneself for the benefit of others is the very essence of maturity.
Not just cursing and swearing with our words, but i think this could very well go for the time where we ridicule people. Whether they understand it as a joke or not is not the question: the issue is why do you say it in the first...
I dislike the feeling
…that i was supposed to do something, something that i really wanted to do, and for some reason i didn’t do it and/because i can’t remember what it is/was.
A Poem
The many songs that i have sung The sights that i have seen The little things that i have done The gifts i have received,
The smiles i smile, the frowns i frown, The cries i laugh and laughs i cry, The tears that fall, the sweat on brow, The borne pains and the joys,
The disappointments vast or small, The surprises equally sized, The lonely nights of twinkling stars, The days of...
“For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself...”
– Romans 12:3
I hate rumours
clearliquor:
I hate rumours not only because they’re not true. But because they also spoil your reputation and relations with whoever it may concern
i concur!
I wish i could do more - but i just keep trying to smile and make you smile and that’s all i know how :)
“Be not envious of evil men,
nor desire to be with them,
for their hearts...”
– Proverbs 24: 1-2, 12, 19-20
D.I.S.G.U.S.T.E.D.
i cannot remember the last time i felt so angry and disgusted.
unbecoming behaviour.
rude and insulting words.
lofty attitude.
hurting and damaging conversations.
imposing actions.
..and then you deny it all, claim the opposite, and spread the news to make me sound as if i’m the one intruding.
“Good job, Michelangelo - how did you do it?”
“Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not...”
– Proverbs 20:1
May 2010
79 posts
For it takes but a word, a sound To gain a wave of smiles