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Here at our ministry we refuse to present a picture of “gentle Jesus, meek and mild,” a portrait that tugs at your sentiments or pulls at your heartstrings. That’s because we deal with so many people who suffer, and when you’re hurting hard, you’re neither helped nor inspired by a syrupy picture of the Lord, like those sugary, sentimental images many of us grew up with. You know what I mean? Jesus with His hair parted down the middle, surrounded by cherubic children and bluebirds. Come on. Admit it: When your heart is being wrung out like a sponge, when you feel like Morton’s salt is being poured into your wounded soul, you don’t want a thin, pale, emotional Jesus who relates only to lambs and birds and babies. You want a warrior Jesus. You want a battlefield Jesus. You want his rigorous and robust gospel to command your sensibilities to stand at attention. To be honest, many of the sentimental hymns and gospel songs of our heritage don’t do much to hone that image. One of the favorite words of hymn writers in days gone by was sweet. It’s a term that down’t have the edge on it that it once did. When you’re in a dark place, when lions surround you, when you need strong help to rescue you from impossibility, you don’t want “sweet.” You don’t want faded pastels and honeyed softness. You want mighty. You want the strong arm an unshakable grip of God who will not let you go — no matter what. ↗
Life is achievement....Give yourself an aim, something you want to do, then go after it, breaking through everything, with nothing in mind but your aim, all will, all concentration, and get it. ↗
Kadehlerimizi tokuşturup rakılarımızı yudumladık. "Fezai Bey sevgilimin uzaylı olduğunu iddia ediyor," dedim. "Bütün kadınlar öyledir," dedi Kız Tevfik. "Seninki hariç," dedi Tahtakafa. "Seninki, bildiğin orospu." "Uzaylı orospu olmaz diye bir kanun mu var?" şeklinde beklemediğim derecede sakin bir karşılık verdi Kız Tevfik, Bafra'nın dumanını efkârla üflerken. "Ne yapsın? Kader kurbanı işte. ↗
Poem in other words may or may not result from inspiration but must (in reader and author alike) produce it-- ↗
Это безусловное клише, но любой талант требует еще многих сопутствующих качеств, самое главное из которых, как ни парадоксально, это уверенность, что он существует. Только она может провести через соблазны прагматического быта, которые упрашивают, молят не рисковать, не пробовать. Ведь если засомневаешься на минуту, если, как в той сказке, рука дрогнет или глаз моргнет, то затянет тут же талант в предательский водоворот частных устремлений и мелких радостей. И разменяют они его. ↗
I had the good sense even then to realize patting oneself on the back is a waste of time. Besides, there are much better places to pat oneself if one must, indeed, pat. ↗
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves with contentment. ↗
Best way to describe life could be suffering from your past or could just be a moment spend with heart full of satisfaction. ↗
