Nothing in this world will ever satisfy you like Jesus Christ will. If it is, it is just for short moment and then you will want more. No one person will ever complete you because they are not perfect, they are just as broken as you are.
hope
i’ve been trying to read through the minor prophets; mostly because i never really have closely read them, and i know that they have good stuff to show me. the main thing that i has touched me through these readings so far is that God doesn’t punish his people anymore because that is what Jesus did - he took our place for punishment (still boggles my mind every time). also, even if we experience trouble, devastation, and heartache in our lives, there is always hope that God will get us out of it and have us experience life to the fullest.
i really want to have more of that hope inside of me where i am fully confident that God can get me or those around me through those hard times in life. the hope where i know His plan for me is the best. i believe that if i continue to dig deeper into the Bible and keep looking for beauty in the world, i will become more hopeful. now that would be awesome!!
i guess i’ll just live vicariously through my friends who are in Colorado.
give me a camera and i’ll be content
i can bike for miles and i’ll never get bored
tie a rope around a tree and i’ll walk across it
put a ball in front of me and i’ll kick it
if an adventure comes my way, i’ll take it
let’s unite in laughter and praise
let’s experience beauty in every little thing
let’s continue to learn for years to come
10 Great Quotes from Francis Chan
We say things like, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me,” and “Trust in the Lord with all your heart.” Then we live and plan like we don’t believe God even exists. We try to set our lives up so everything will be fine even if God doesn’t come through. But true faith means holding nothing back. It means putting every hope in God’s fidelity to His promises.
Our greatest fear as individuals and as a church should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.
If life were stable, I’d never need God’s help. Since it’s not, I reach out for Him regularly. I am thankful for the unknowns and that I don’t have control, because it makes me run to God.
We are consumed by safety. Obsessed with it, actually. Now, I’m not saying it is wrong to pray for God’s protection, but I am questioning how we’ve made safety our highest priority. We’ve elevated safety to the neglect of whatever God’s best is, whatever would bring God the most glory, or whatever would accomplish His purposes in our lives and in the world.
Christians today like to play it safe. We want to put ourselves in situations where we are safe “even if there is no God.” But if we truly desire to please God, we cannot live that way. We have to do things that cost us during our life on earth but will be more than worth it in eternity.
To be brutally honest, it doesn’t really matter what place you find yourself in right now. Your part is to bring Him glory—whether eating a sandwich on a lunch break, drinking coffee at 12:04 a.m. so you can stay awake to study, or watching your four-month-old take a nap. The point of your life is to point to Him. Whatever you are doing, God wants to be glorified, because this whole thing is His. It is His movie, His world, His gift.
This is the God we serve, the God who knew us before He made us. The God who promises to remain with us and rescue us. The God who loves us and longs for us to love Him back.
God has allowed hard things in your life so you can show the world that your God is great and that knowing Him brings peace and joy, even when life is hard.
A friend of mine once said that Christians are like manure: spread them out and they help everything grow better, but keep them in one big pile and they stink horribly.
It is easy to become disillusioned with the circumstances of our lives compared to others’. But in the presence of God, He gives us a deeper peace and joy that transcends it all.
Success in witnessing is simply taking the initiative to share Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit and leaving the results to God.
sometimes i overthink everything and become lonely. then i realize how pathetic and selfish i am and how i forget that You are always there for me. how can i say i’m lonely when You are all that i really need? You are always there to listen. You are my guardian. You are my savior. You are my friend. that should be enough…
