What was that you gave me to eat?" Winter panicked. A Filler Crisp," Clover said, his eyes seventy percent concerned and thirty percent mischievous.
Faith that doesn't affect your life isn't really faith.
What we do with our lives every day, whether at school, a desk job, or keeping the home in order, is our most basic opportunity to glorify God. That's what your role in His story looks like day in and day out. Instead of waiting to be offered a new role, play the current one well.
Who are we? We're not perfect but we're not worthless. Scripture tells us that we're beautifully made, but broken.
The question is not whether or not you will face trials. The question is, how will you respond when you do?
Young men just don't know what it means to be a man. There are so many lies about what it means to be a man whether that be get a bunch of girls or get a bunch of money or don't cry and don't have emotions. Nobody is teaching them how to be men.
Here's the grey rule: embrace things that lead you closer to Jesus, and reject things that lead you away from Jesus.
A tanned skin is something more than respectable, and perhaps olive is a fitter color than white for a man,--a denizen of the woods. "The pale white man!" I do not wonder that the African pitied him.
I trust myself to deal with any problems that arise during the day
she’s not pretty, that word is too small. She is not like the girls I used to stare at, all bend and curve and softness. She is small but strong, and her bright eyes demand attention. Looking at her is like waking up.
Enjoyable does not necessarily mean easy.