#chris

As gentle a man as he was, as tender as was his heart, there was nothing weak about Michael Hosea. He was the strongest-minded man Joseph had ever met. A Man like Noah. A Man like the Shepherd-king David. A man after God's own heart. ↗

— Francine Rivers

#michael-hosea #love

I thought I am kissing pain and pain belongs to You as happiness never does. I love You in Your pain. I could almost taste metal and salt in the skin, and I thought, How good you are. You might have killed us with happiness, but You let us be with You in pain. ↗

— Graham Greene

#pain #love

It seems to me people tend to forget that we are to love our enemies, not to satisfy some standard of righteousness but because God their Father loves them. ↗

— Marilynne Robinson

#love

I don’t want to be an anti, against anybody. I simply want to be the builder of a great affirmation: the affirmation of God,who loves us and who wants to save us. ↗

— Oscar A. Romero

#christianity #god #love #love

She had a lot of nerve signing her note "Love." [...] But she did sign it that way: "Love." What did that mean? Did she mean it, or was it habit? She probably signed all of her letters with "Love." Dear Insured, We are sorry but your policy will not pay for your barium enema as it was done for recreational purposes. Love, Jody. Claims Dept... Maybe not. ↗

— Christopher Moore

#christopher-moore #love

Christianity gave Eros poison to drink; he did not die of it, certainly, but degenerated to Vice. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#cupid #eros #love #poison #vice

[in regards to the "Asian guy"] He was so cute - in that Final Fantasy Thirty-Seven way. What I'm saying is, the Sex Fu is strong with this one. --The Chronicles of Abby Normal ↗

— Christopher Moore

#you-suck #love

Ryan Refereeing to Ian Somerhold: He Shits too, you know ↗

— Tina Reber

#love-unrehearsed #romance #ryan-christensen #taryn-mitchell #love

The Christian must treat his enemy as a brother, and requite his hostility with love. His behavior must be determined not by the way others treat him, but by the treatment he himself receives from Jesus; it has only one source, and that is the will of Jesus. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#enemy #hostility #jesus #love #love

Of course I do. I love you touching me, Ana. I'm like a starving man at a banquet when it comes to your touch. ↗

— E.L. James

#christian-grey #ocinej #love