walking with Christ
RSSInstead of saying “I don’t have time” try saying “it’s not a priority,” and see how that feels. Often, that’s a perfectly adequate explanation. I have time to iron my sheets, I just don’t want to. But other things are harder. Try it: “I’m not going to edit your résumé, sweetie, because it’s not a priority.” “I don’t go to the doctor because my health is not a priority.” If these phrases don’t sit well, that’s the point. Changing our language reminds us that time is a choice. If we don’t like how we’re spending an hour, we can choose differently.
- Unknown (via hislivingpoetry)
(Source: the-healing-nest)
apricotalice: Vulnerability
Wise and thoughtful words (as usual) from an ACF alumna.
Sin is kind of like having a huge, painful, decaying, and totally revolting wound on your back, in that irritating spot that’s just out of reach from your hands, but also conveniently located so that you don’t have to look at it if you don’t want to, and also so that you can easily cover it up with a t-shirt.
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Vulnerability for the sake of vulnerability is stupidly bizarre at best. It’s demoralizing, it’s cruel and unusual, and, more often than not, it’s destructive. The purpose of revealing your wounds to one another is to help each other get healed, because trying to rub ointment on your back on your own really sucks.
Wise words indeed.
The importance of vulnerability should not be underestimated. Yes, it does initially suck because it requires sucking up your pride, but the potential for healing is quite great as well. I can personally attest to this.
Therefore confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. - James 5:16
Victor Song: The Body Got a Haircut
People are leaving and people are graduating. I’m actually pretty sad about it, but I guess it’s a necessary stage of life. I just recently read Matt Lin’s post about how he wanted to make sure that they were all okay. I think it’s the opposite for me. I want them to be here because I feel like…
I have the same sentiments. I suppose God will do His thang regardless of the circumstances.
i used to feel this way as an underclassmen when i saw all my friends graduate and i was left behind, suddenly one of the oldest and with a lot less friends/mentors. but the cool thing is that without them around it really pushed me to get to know the underclassmen, to look at my own relationship with God more, and learn (overtime) what it means to be a leader and a mentor to those younger than me. it’s like a cycle, as an underclassman, you get poured into and supported and brought up so that when it’s your turn you can do the same, and the blessings are just as sweet, and God is still there growing and challenging you, but just in different ways. and also, even though alumni are not in pittsburgh anymore, there are cool things like google+ hangouts, emails, phones, and the like to keep in touch and keep those relationships going.
:)
Interesting insight, though it’s always quite encouraging to see how God provides and how He works in every circumstance year in and year out. I’m intrigued.
You can talk with someone for years, everyday, and still, it won’t mean as much as what you can have when you sit in front of someone, not saying a word, yet you feel that person with your heart, you feel like you have known the person for forever…. connections are made with the heart, not the tongue.
- C. JoyBell C. (via perfect)
(Source: indicio)
Congratulations ACF Class of 2013! You will all be sorely missed. (at Misaki)
If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.
- C.S. Lewis (via madelaku)
Two things define you: Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.
- Unknown (via menshealthmag)
The joy we get from loving an object is proportional to it’s worth, significance, value. If you try to love something more than it was built to be loved, it will only disappoint you. It is completely incapable of giving you the joy you expect from it.
That’s why it’s loving of God to demand that we love Him. He is the most worthy, most valuable, of highest significance, so in loving Him, we derive the greatest joy. God is our highest and greatest good.
So loving others means wanting them to find their greatest joy in what is most worthy and valuable. He loves us too much to let us be satisfied with less things and in counterfeit joys.
- Wisdom from Tiff Tran (that she gleaned from the Bible in the form of a sermon presentation)
(Source: callmechris)
American Christianity has created a culture of theological permanence, where individuals are expected to learn a set of beliefs and latch onto them for the rest of their lives….Theologies are often considered too “valuable,” “right,” and “holy” to change or question. Therefore, pastors debate instead of dialogue, professors preach instead of listen, schools propagate instead of discuss, and faith-based communities ultimately reject any form of honest questioning and doubt. […]
But theology — our study and beliefs about God — should be a natural process involving change instead of avoiding it. Our God is too big and too wonderful to completely understand by the time we graduate high school, or college, or get married, or have children, or retire. Our life experiences, relationships, education, exposure to different cultures and perspectives continually affect the way we look at God. Our faith is a journey, a Pilgrim’s Progress, and our theology will change. And while we may not agree with a person’s new theological belief, we need to stop seeing the inherent nature of change as something negative.
- Stephen Mattson, “Christians: It’s NOT a Sin to Change Your Beliefs” (via kre-do)
This reminds me of my convo/debate with my mom yesterday…
(via xtineliang)lol i sort of miss these days.
hehe middle/high school days were golden for this very reason. the stuff students said … absolutely priceless.
(Source: whamboombamm)
About walking with Christ
through Christ
who gives me strength
-Philippians 4:13
God is my greatest ally
I guard my heart carefully. My faith in God is my greatest strength and is non-negotiable.
