#christian

The discrepancy between the modern observance and the prescriptions of the Rule had struck me ever since the novitiate, and no satisfactory explanation had ever been given to me. People said that man had changed: the weakness of people's health no longer allows us to fast. Was it true? ↗

— Adalbert de Vogüé

#fasting #change

Christianity's goal is not escape from this world. It loves this world and seeks to change it for the better. ↗

— Marcus J. Borg

#christianity #change

I have been praying, too, for the first time in my life. That parson, Tugwell, he helped me see - not the error of my ways, for I knew them all to well already - but what was wanting in me. I am far from perfect, I know, but I am changed and changing still ↗

— Julie Klassen

#change

We are changed not by being told what we need to do for God, but by hearing the news about what God has done for us. ↗

— J.D. Greear

#gospel #change

All individuals have moral deficiencies, and when introducing these to reality one not only strengthens himself but also the confidence of others in the human exigency for Christ due to a reflection throughout the body of Christ. ↗

— Criss Jami

#brokenness #christ #christianity #communication #confidence

...sometimes we have to find the courage to take off our shoes and feel it all. Even the bad stuff. ↗

— Denise Hunter

#inspirational #romance #courage

Bold courage is paralyzing fear after humble prayer. ↗

— Kenneth E. Nowell

#christian #end-times #eschatology #prophecy #thriller

From: Christian Grey Subject: One more request Date: June 10, 2011 00:15 To: Anastasia Steele Dream of Me. x Christian Grey CEO, Grey Enterprise Holdings. Inc. ↗

— E.L. James

#dating

Okay, why don't we practice your talking with Marguerite? OUT LOUD. I'll be her." Julius stared at him blankly. "Now?" "No, I was thinking maybe next April. Then you could maybe give her a call, arrange a date..." He arched his eyebrow in question, and snapped, "Yes, NOW. ↗

— Lynsay Sands

#julius #dating

We see a hearse; we think sorrow. We see a grave; we think despair. We hear of a death; we think of a loss. Not so in heaven. When heaven sees a breathless body, it sees the vacated cocoon & the liberated butterfly. ↗

— Max Lucado

#death #death