I used to collect charms and bracelets.
It is abnormal for a Christian not to have an appetite for the impossible. It has been written into our spiritual DNA to hunger for the impossibilities around us to bow at the name of Jesus.
The walk of Faith is to live according to the revelation we have received, in the midst of the mysteries we can't explain.
Bible study without Bible experience is pointless.
Jesus didn't accomplish everything so that you could accomplish nothing.
Unbelief is safe, because it takes no risk and almost always gets what it expects.
We owe the world an encounter with God
Want something else more than success. Success is a lovely thing, but your desire to say something, your worth, and your identity shouldn’t rely on it, because it’s not guaranteed and it’s not permanent and it’s not sufficient. So work hard, fall in love with the writing—the characters, the story, the words, the themes—and make sure that you are who you are regardless of your life circumstances. That way, when the good things come, they don’t warp you, and when the bad things hit you, you don’t fall apart.
I'm sort of focused on my long-term goal of carving out a career that's for life, rather than being a flash in the pan.
And with each step my heart broke for the person I would never find, the person who'd love me. And then I would remember I had a wife at home who loved me, or later that my wife had left me and I was terrirfied, or again later that I had a beautiful alcoholic girlfriend who would make me happy forever. But every time I entered the place there were veiled faces promising everything and then clarifying quickly into the dull, the usual, looking up at me and making the same mistake.
Nothing can bring a real sense of security into the home except true love.