#sovereign

I wished God were like He used to be, a few notches lower. I wanted Him to be lofty enough to help me but not so uncontrollable. I longed for His warm presence, times when He seemed more… safe. ↗

— Joni Eareckson Tada

#love

Man approaches God most nearly when he is in one sense least like God. For what can be more unlike than fullness and need, sovereignty and humility, righteousness and penitence, limitless power and a cry for help? ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#humility #penitence #righteousness #sovereignty #love

It's hard to know, isn't it, whether the things we face are just because the world is full of sin and sinful people, or if God is working out a plan,' Grandma continued. 'I happen to think it's both. There's sin, but through it all, He takes the mess we make and paints a masterpiece. In fact, I'm quite certain that before God can ever bless a woman—and use her to impact many—He uses the hammer, the file, and the furnace to do a holy work. ↗

— Tricia Goyer

#redemption #sovereignty-of-god #suffering #inspirational

Sovereignty is not given, it is taken. ↗

— Kemal Ataturk

#sovereignty #taken

The use and threat of force, when world peace is not in danger, are no longer valid frames of reference for achieving the ends sought today by sovereign nations. ↗

— Carlos Salinas

#danger #ends #force #frames #longer

If you support the war on drugs in its present form, then you're only paying lip-service to the defense of freedom, and you don't really grasp the concept of the sovereign individual human being. ↗

— Neal Boortz

#concept #defense #form #freedom #grasp

Money is the sovereign queen of all delights - for her, the lawyer pleads, the soldier fights. ↗

— Richard Barnfield

#fights #her #lawyer #money #pleads

We wish to be citizens of the United States or citizens of Puerto Rico. In either case, with all the inherent rights of a natural sovereignty. ↗

— Jose de Diego

#citizens #either #inherent #natural #puerto

It is against this concept of the sovereign state, a state isolated by protectionism and militarism, that internationalism must now engage in decisive battle. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

#battle #concept #decisive #engage #internationalism

Sovereignty is as necessary as ever. ↗

— Pauline Marois

#necessary #sovereignty