December 2011
43 posts
“Here we have a picture of God’s ideal woman. Faith in God that sees beyond present bitter setbacks. Freedom from the securities and comforts of the world. Courage to venture into the unknown and the strange. Radical commitment in the relationships appointed by God.” - John Piper (on Ruth)
“Stand still”—keep the posture of an upright man, ready for action, expecting further orders, cheerfully and patiently awaiting the directing voice; and it will not be long ere God shall say to you, as distinctly as Moses said it to the people of Israel, “Go forward.’ — Charles Spurgeon
“Be quiet! why this anxious heed
About thy tangled ways?
God knows...
“Mary did you know that your Baby Boy has come to make you new? This Child that you delivered will soon deliver you.”
This is fun: Find the Color of Anything... →
Some truth.
I am finding comfort in these verses this morning.
“Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and your dominion endures throughout all generations.
The LORD upholds all who are falling
and raised up all who are bowed down.
The eyes of all look to you,
and you give them their food in due season.
You open your hand;
you satisfy the desire of every thiving thing.
The LORD is righteous in...
Darkness is as light with You.
I am going to write. Tonight I realized I’ve given up on my Pilgrim Days blog, where I am to keep you updated on the internship. All of the sudden I became fearful of not having somewhere to speak about what comes next and to reflect on the internship. I do not have a place to talk about the fears of being 20-something with unsurity about the future. That’s who I’ve become....
“There is no short cut to the life of faith, which is the all-vital condition of a holy and victorious life. We must have periods of lonely meditation and fellowship with God. That our souls should have their mountains of fellowship, their valley of quiet rest beneath the shadow of a great rock, their nights beneath the stars, when darkness has veiled the material and silenced the stir of...
“Sometimes when we are called to obey, the fear does not subside and we are expected to move against the fear. One must choose to do it afraid.” - Elisabeth Elliot
In the Secret of His Presence
Only this I know: I tell Him all my doubts, my griefs and fears; Oh, how patiently He listens! and my drooping soul He cheers: Do you think He ne’er reproves me? What a false Friend He would be, If He never, never told me of the sins which He must see, Of the sins which He must see.
Would you like to know the sweetness of the secret of the Lord? Go and hide beneath His shadow: this shall then...
I am slightly obsessed with Suri’s Burn Book. Here’s only a snippet.
surisburnbook:
There are some disturbing rumors going around that I am writing a children’s book. Where do they get this stuff?
Obviously I write in my free time, but I am way beyond children’s books, people. My latest project is a collection of short stories reimagining Shakespeare’s historical plays as...
A prayer.
“I pray, Thee, blend my human will with thine;
I pray, Thee, hush the hurrying eager longing;
I pray, Thee, soothe the pains of keen desire;
If you suffer with Me, you also will reign with Me.”
- I think Amy Carmichael
“No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of...”
– Luke 10:62
“Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: “God is not dead, nor doth He sleep; The wrong shall fail, the right prevail With peace on earth, good will to men.””
- I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day, Henry Longfellow
Psalm 127:1; Psalm 128:1; Isaiah 61:8,10
“Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.”
“Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walk in His ways!”
“For I the LORD love justice; I hate robbery and wrong; I will faithfully give them their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them… I...
I love Gwyneth's scrapbook from Beijing! →
The Word.
It’s amazing how quickly the Word of God can ease your soul.
“He who calls you is faithful.” - 1 Thessalonians 5:24
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” - Romans 12:2
“And the Word I need is the Word that was Who...
Desires... a prayer from the Valley of Vision.
O THOU THAT HEAREST PRAYER,
Teach me to pray, I confess that in religious exercises the language of my lips and the feelings of my heart have not always agreed, that I have frequently taken carelessly upon my tongue a name never pronounced above without reverence and humility, that I have often desired things which would have injured me, that I have depreciated some of my chief mercies, that I...
“Though afflicted, tempest-tossed,
Comfortless awhile thou art,
Do not think thou canst be lost,
Thou art graven on my heart;
All thy wastes I will repair;
Thou shalt be rebuilt anew;
And in thee it shall appear
What the God of love can do.”
- William Gadsby