Keep dwelling in the past and you won’t see the present.
We can’t afford another Deirdre issue.
But the sounds behind me tell me why. I risk a glance and see so many Zs on our asses that I wonder if they’ve been doing pilates all this time to get in shape for the great Whispering Pines mad-dash marathon.
It may have been the 32nd century, but the ladies still get a raw deal in the galaxy. Too many macho planets with macho races that were afraid their little dingles would fall off if the females of their species were allowed some equality.
I got where I am by a combination of guile, street smarts, and perfectly timed assassinations,” VanderVoort says. “If you can’t out think ‘em, out maneuver ’em, or intimidate ’em then be sure to put a bullet between their eyebrows.
Venting is a poor substitute for prayer.
We are a people saturated with analysis, explanations, and facts but devoid of wonder. Maybe it’s time we rediscovered the wonder of God. All it takes is a renewed awareness of His presence.
In this stillness, God exposes our desire for self-sufficiency and reminds us that His love for us is based on who we are and not what we do.
Without our sufferings, we would never appreciate God’s great rescues. We would never really learn to trust Him instead of ourselves. So while suffering hurts, it’s not meaningless.
Satan was seen buying a cafe au lait of Friday the thirteenth in the year of the dog. He was wearing a Mexican wrestling mask and a monocle on a gold chain the color of the sun. The lights of the casino filled his good eye. Our days are numbered, our weeks are fading away.
To fear God is, not to cower before him in terror, but to bow before him in awe.
When under trial, let no one say: “I am being tried by God.” For with evil things God cannot be tried, nor does he himself try anyone. -James 1:13.
Rejoice in the hope. Endure under tribulation. Persevere in prayer. -Romans 12:12.
Commit your way to the Lord; trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass.
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.” – Proverbs 22:7.
When our money is stolen, our labor is stolen. When our labor is stolen, our time is stolen. And when our time is stolen, our life is stolen. The stealing of life is what we call slavery.
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
But then it also speaks of a group of people preaching about the righteous kingdom of God, a war of God against all wickedness, followed by a paradise earth without death – all to be realized in the twentieth century.
God’s Word was true, even though everything in us doubted. God’s Word was true, even though part of us didn’t want to believe it. God’s Word was true, even though every engine in ourselves seemed to be firing with shame, accusation, hopelessness, and fear. The Truth was still true. Sometimes holding tight will feel more like hanging on, but don’t give up. Don’t believe the lie that you should let go. God holds you. Hold tight to Him.
All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.