February 2012
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“I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and...”
– Leo Tolstoy, Family Happiness
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The Determination to Serve
“The Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister.” Matt. 20:28
Paul’s idea of service is the same as Our Lord’s: “I am among you as He that serveth;” “ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.” We have the idea that a man called to the ministry is called to be a different kind of being from other men. According to Jesus Christ, he is...
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I'm in love. →
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Love as God Intended
If I knew how to reblog myself, I would do that, instead. However, I’ll just go old school and cut and paste. But I think everyone needs to read this - and I’m not trying to be egotistical by saying that. :) It even helps me to reread it sometimes, because it’s a stumbling block for me, and a common trap that I constantly fall into.
We live in a culture of romance, where girls...
If I never get married, I shall hope to be a perpetual student. I’ll get my masters in clinical psychology, then go for one in Spanish. Then one in medical anthropology. I’ll become a APN. I’ll get a doctorate in something, maybe psychology. After that, I’ll travel. I’ll study the cultures. I’ll work in clinics across the globe. I’ll do as much good as I...
Do you ever feel like you were born into the wrong era? I do. Constantly. People tell me so, as well. Constantly.
If you do feel such as I do, would you please tell me in which time period you wished you lived? I’d like to feel I’m not so alone in my musings.
For me, I’m torn between Regency England, the Edwardian era, and the 1940s.
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