February 2012
52 posts
some wandered in the Desert wastelands, finding no Way to a City where they could settle. they were hungry & thirsty, and their lives ebbed away. they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress. He led them by a [straight Way] to a [City] they could call their [Home].
-psalm 107.4-7
“While you wait for God to bring you to your husband, create beauty every where you go. Sexual sins before marriage leave women feeling ugly and miserable. Go on a campaign for beauty. Make yourself beautiful. Make your apartment appealing and your car smell good! After all, you want people who step into your space to experience just a tantalizing taste of the beauty you offer. And what you...
like the Bride who left her home in the dark of the night,
yearning & searching for her Beloved,
unable to give up until she was in His arms,
until she could taste the sweetness of His kiss
and know the comfort of His embrace,
until she could gaze into His eyes and fall into the intoxication of His affection—
You won’t relent until You
have it all:
my
heart
is
Yours.
you know those moments when you just feel lovely?
aren’t they grand.
“And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from...”
– Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller, p. 232 (via purelymemyselfandi)
