““There will be no peace in the world until there is peace in our hearts.””
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Marianne Williamson
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be open with your love and loud with your laughter. life is so much brighter when lived genuinely.
But Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.’
Matthew 19:26 (via womanintheword)
There is no wrong place to pray. I pray at my desk, on my living room floor, on the couch beside my dogs, in my bed, beside my bed, in the bathroom, in the shower, in the car on my way to work, walking down the street, in the morning when I wake up, in the evenings before I fall asleep.
There is no wrong way to pray. I pray with my eyes, closed, with my eyes open, with my knees on the ground, standing up, sitting down, curled into a ball, holding my own hands, moving my hands around, raising my hands in the air, holding someone else’s hands.
There is no wrong way to say a prayer. Some days I repeat myself over and over, some days I cry, some days I get angry, some days I tell Him everything, some days I can’t seem to tell Him anything, some days I use flowery language, some days I use foul language, some days I use hardly any language. Help me, I whisper.
There is no wrong place to pray, there is no wrong way to pray, there is no wrong way to talk to our Creator, our Father, our best friend, our God.
I have done nothing all summer but wait for myself to be myself again —
Georgia O’Keeffe, in a letter to Russel Vernon Hunter, from Georgia O’Keeffe: Art and Letters
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Sometimes I cry over how great God is and how undeserving of His eternal love and mercy and grace I am, and yet, He gives it to me so freely anyway. He truly is an awesome God.
Thank you, Lord, for always being there. Thank you for always caring. Thank you for your patience with me.
-A humble and underserving sinner
When you realize that you are unrivalled in the eyes of Christ, and that when He looks at you, He’s not comparing you to anyone else… you learn not to compare yourself to anyone else. How could you? They too are unrivalled and are not meant to be put into a box of have or have not. That’s the freeing part, when you are rooted in the love of Christ, you’re not just free from comparison. Other people are too.
For days when the enemy is trying to slither his way in, remember to continue:
- praying (Don’t ever stop talking to God, love. Tell Him everything. And if you’re feeling empty and like you have no words, know that it’s okay to sit in silence with Him and know that it’s okay to repeat Help me over and over and over.)
- praising Him (Put on some Praise & Worship music and sing through the tears because God is still good in the storm.)
- reading/studying His Word (Open your Bible, open your Bible, open your Bible. You want to hear God’s voice? Open your Bible. Open your heart. Read your Bible. Study your Bible. God is going to give you exactly what you need. You know this from experience.)
- leaning on others (You cannot, cannot carry all of this on your own. Reach out. Talk to someone. Hug someone. Love someone.)
The wilderness has a way of revealing what you really believe about God.
Jonathan David Helser (via breanna-lynn)