#semen

Chastisement leads to the acceptance of God’s will. [. . .] Chastisement leads to the fellowship of God’s Son. The will of God out of Christ is a law we cannot fulfil. The will of God in Christ is a life that fills us. [. . .] Chastisement leads to the enjoyment of God’s love. [. . .] Chastening is the school in which the blessed lesson is learnt that the will of God is all Love, and that Holiness is the fire of Love, consuming that it may purify, destroying the dross only that it may assimilate into its own perfect purity all that yields itself to the wondrous change. [. . .] And faith can only grow by exercise, can only thrive in trial: when visible things fail, its energy is roused to yield itself to be possessed by the Invisible, by the Divine. ↗

— Andrew Murray

#chastisement #holy-in-christ #change

Art is creative for the sake of realization, not for amusement... for transfiguration, not for the sake of play. ↗

— Max Beckmann

#art #creative #play #realization #sake

The endorsement process is an evolution. What you try to do is you endorse someone that you believe in and their ideas and their solutions align with yours. ↗

— Herman Cain

#believe #endorse #endorsement #evolution #ideas

One should not confuse the craving for life with endorsement of it. ↗

— Elias Canetti

#craving #endorsement #life #should

There is no victory at bargain basement prices. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#basement #prices #victory

A big endorsement deal would be awesome. ↗

— Matt Emmons

#big #deal #endorsement #would

I don't think there's anything that will make me stop doing it. There may be a time when it's not available to anyone. You may have to come listen at my basement window... but I can't stop. ↗

— Paul Westerberg

#anything #available #basement #come #doing

Absolute certainty is not something I strive for anymore. I've learned the hard way that destiny usually looks upon our most strident convictions with amusement, or perhaps even pity. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#amusement #anymore #certainty #convictions #destiny

Getting the support of Syria is the moral equivalent of winning the Klan's endorsement - it might be useful but it doesn't necessarily speak well of you. ↗

— Jonah Goldberg

#equivalent #getting #klan #might #moral

We grew out of the superhero comics, but we still liked comics, so we started putting our own experiences in the stories we were doing for our own amusement. ↗

— Gilbert Hernandez

#comics #doing #experiences #grew #liked