THEME:Both chapters agree that there is always another choice besides following You, no matter how undesirable the results of that choice may be. PRAISES: Thank You that You show us the way of Wisdom and give us the ability to follow that way. Thank You that Satan only tempts as You allow and that Your greatestqualities are shown in battle with Your adversary. Thank You that, just as with a ...
THEME: The human capacity to follow our own desires to our destruction instead of loving You and Your Word is demonstrated in both chapters. PRAISES: Thank You that You never leave Yourself without a witness, even in the last days providing the two witnesses to proclaim Your Truth. Thank You that You give us so much to celebrate that is GOOD, even as we so often celebrate and cherished that ...
THEME: Today offers another contrast between Your character and man's. You keep Your promises to control the Earth again. Man does not keep his, even in the most simple matters. You are just, and man is not. You are proactive, and man is lazy. PRAISES: Thank You that the powers of the moment do not upset Your plans. Thank You that You keep Your promises to return and set all things right. Thank ...
THEME: These passages castigate lack of discipline in our words and our passions. PRAISES: Thank You that You are able to overcome the rebellion we have ALL spoken against You, and (moment-by-moment or all at once) demonstrate Your transforming power in our words. Thank You that You are able to direct our passions, teaching us to hate sin instead of discipline and to use our physical passion in ...
... times it is interrupted with two or more tales. Mathnawi's stories are garnished with ethical pieces of advice, philosophical discourses, mystical concepts, religious-historical allusions and finally, proverbs and anecdotes. This style of versed story-telling allows Rumi not only to popularize his mystical concepts but also, escapes religious excommunication. In order to understand Rumi's love, ...
December 23, 2009 Can You Spare A Dime? READ: 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 He who has mercy on the poor, happy is he. —Proverbs 14:21 In her insightful book The Forgotten Man , Amity Shlaes provides fascinating stories about what life was like during the Great Depression in the US. At the center of that economic drama was “the forgotten man,” a term used for the countless individuals ...
...’t be here at all. The pursuit of knowledge; the pursuit of understanding is not arrogant. It is the product of an intenselyinquisitive mind. What is arrogant is to write proverbs about the foolishness of intellectual pursuit. Ignorance is not wisdom. Ignorance is darkness. Jerry the Evangelical Neighbor hates natural selection, evolution and Darwin . Life and the universe need an ...
STM-3.5G update via LJ2ME using nokia E71 (rm346) /mo-blog title - QT211223 - dimeless /verse reference - proverbs 14:21 /-begin-/ /There are times that I'm without a nickel or dime. /But it has never made me detour to other resolutions. /Shamelessacts I had peformed. /But have you not?! /Well it doesn't matter, you can settle with your ruler. /I answer to mine. /When I'm down, is ...
If i were to write my own proverbs, they might include these.... Lessons I have learned: Things don't always work out for the best, and saying "it'll all be all right" is a really bad lie to tell children. There are easy answers but they are almost always wrong. You can't be happy just because you want to be. Ironically, you wouldn't want to. Happiness is so valuable just because it is ...
