I thin many people's deviant behavior starts with dreams because dreams are so non-linear. . . as if there's an assumption that everything has to be linear or has to be plotted.
In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.
Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can't imagine.
If grace is so wonderful, why do we have such difficulty recognizing and accepting it? Maybe it's because grace is not gentle or made-to-order. It often comes disguised as loss, or failure, or unwelcome change.
Just the knowledge that a good book is waiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.
I wonder if children don't begin to reject both poetry and religion for similar reasons, because the way both are taught takes the life out of them.
Not money, or success, or position or travel or love makes happiness,--service is the secret.
Think about it. These guys have far more reasons to pull a prank on Doug than they do me. I kind of wished we had changed clothes, though. ' 'There wasn't time,' Katie said. 'Your true love is in desperate need of your assistance. How can you think of changing into the appropriate attire for a rescue?
. . . alas! in the exercise of the arts, industry scarce bears the name of merit.
It has to do with seeing God. “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God” (Matthew 5:8).
Living in a tower, however secure it may feel, is hardly a social attribute.