More Pearls and A Bit on Beauty

Fear is faith in a lie.

The World doesn't read the Word, they read Christians.

Being a Christian means you are set apart from the world (Ephesians 5:1-2)

It is foolish to you, it is possible to me. (1 Corinthians 1:18)

You can't move forward when you are looking back. A tightrope walker never looks down.

Man's love is of man's life a thing apart
'Tis a woman's whole existance ~(Don't remember!)

The bible is a love story between God and His people. Christianity changes dramatically when we discover that it is a great romance. ~Captivating

Nature is not primarily functional, it is primarily beautiful.

Addictions are lovers of the heart. They are what we turn to instead of God. (Cigs, alcohol, facebook, internet in general, TV, etc) Our lovers have so intertwined themselves with our identity that to give them up feels like a personal death... we wonder if it is possible to live without them (The Sacred Romance)

These words are razors to my wounded heart- Shakespeare

We are not living in the world our souls were made for.

You are passionately loved by the God of the universe. You are passionately hated by His enemy.

God and Jesus thwart our plans for self-redemption. Or else we'll never turn fully to Him for help. (Hosea 2:6-7)  Captivating

We don't need to defend ourselves anymore. That's God's job. He is our Defender and Advocate. ~Captivating

We have to ask Christ to come and heal places in our hearts. He is a gentleman. If we still have them locked away....

For all the root of holiness is Romance.

Our changing relationship with God
             Clay-Potter
             Sheep-Shephard
             Servant-Master
             Child-Father
             Friends
             Bride-Bridegroom

If there is a space in our heart that only God can fill, there is a space in God's heart only I can fill, only you can fill.

Women are a mystery. Not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to enjoy.

Forced, striving beauty is no beauty to behold.

To let your defenses down is to let beauty step forward.

Do not give way to fear. (1 Peter 3:6)

A garden's beauty doesn't diminish with age; rather it takes years for it to become all that it can become. Such is with a tree, and with a person. ~Captivating

Beauty is a quality of the soul that expresses itself in the visible world.

Restoration has begun.

True femininity calls forth true masculinity.

If you would be loved, be loveable. ~Ovid

It is one thing to suffer. It is far worse to walk alongside one you love who is suffering intensely and be unable to do anything about it.

The heart is deceitful above all things. Jeremiah 17:9

Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. (Col 3:2)

Pearls

Just some pearls I've picked up over the last few months. I write them down and never do anything with them. Take what you want.

It's not the quantity, but the quality.

A soul realm experience with God will feel good but leaves you with no conviction. A spirit encounter with God brings change.

Confidence in your God is good. Pride is stupid.

The dog you feed the most will be the strongest. Physical. Soul. Spirit. Who has the loudest bark?

If you stay in the World, you become a part of the World.

Buy the truth and do not sell it. Proverbs 23:23

When you walk with the World and as part of the World, you lose the Word. THe longer you walk with the World, the easier it is to let that Word go.

Absence is the strongest form of presence.

I'll crown you with my love.

Will you take this wall I've built and tear it down.

If you have a dream or a shadow of a dream, chase it. What do you have to lose?

Oh I've dreamed dreams of majesty as brilliant as a billion stars.

You are infectious, spreading through me.

Water from a broken well will make you thirst again.

Never let your fear decide your fate.

Don't have a religious conversion. Have a conversation. An open dialogue with God.

Without faith it is impossible to please Him.

Where is your hope based?

Love activates faith.

"You bear God within you, poor wretch, and know it not" ~Epictetus

You emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.

Have a backbone, not a wishbone.

Devotion is diligence without assurance.

Faith: I pre-accept the terms of the universe and I embrace in advance what I am presently incapable of understanding.

Faith is walking face first and full speed into the dark.

I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on water.

It shouldn't take hitting rock bottom to diligently seek God.

Reasoning is not necessary for faith. Faith is action without assurance.

Faith won't make sense to anyone. You will have to fully rely on God for any and all support.

What do you want to do? Follow Jesus or follow the World and all of its standards?

I want all that God has for me. Nothing less.

I want to please God not man. You must be less like the community and more like God.