Life, Love, Stress, and Setbacks

"When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me". -Erma Bombeck

[jarel]

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[thiscityscreamsyourname]

You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress, simultaneously.

Sophia Bush  (via godmoves)

[worshipgifs]

[a-joyfuljourney]

The enemy wants you to be afraid tonight. Not the healthy kind of fear that keeps us safe. No, the horrible kind of fear that whispers worst-case scenarios, absent of hope and haunted by hurt. With death on his breath fear says, “Entertain my entanglements. Linger in my lies. And drink deeply from my darkness.” While we’re distracted with fear, the enemy pickpockets our purpose. Cripples our courage. Dismantles our dreams. And blinds us to the beauty of the Lord’s great plans. On the surface it may not seem like your assignment is all that important. But it is! You are to bring forth and proclaim the name of Jesus. Proclaiming the name of Jesus brings power, protection and a perspective that crushes fear. It is the name above every other. Yes, there is power in the name of Jesus.

Lysa TerKeurst (via simply-divine-creation)

[athenagraceco]

This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviours. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves. So we find messages of self-salvation extremely attractive, whether they are religious (keep these rules and you earn eternal blessing) or secular (grab hold of these things and you’ll experience blessing now). The gospel comes and turns them all upside down. It says: You are in such a hopeless position that you need a rescue that has nothing to do with you at all. And then it says: God in Jesus provides a rescue which gives you far more than any false salvation your heart may love to chase.

Tim Keller, Galatians for you (via athenagraceco)

[toknowyourname]

Being a Christian doesn’t mean being a good person, but following the Only One who is good. So stumble after him. Don’t think you have to run this marathon in one day. Sooner or later, you’ll be moving from trauma to trophies. Celebrate the small victories. Even then, be humble to recognize it’s all His work.

J.S. Park (via jspark3000)

[jarel]

"We tend to think this world is about us. But our story, in the expanse of history, is nothing but a vignette, a small picture with blurred edges, a brief journal entry. Life is really about another story. When we can begin to see the commonality in our species, when we acknowledge that we are all broken yet redeemed for a higher purpose, when we get that, we forgive. As my father has reminded me often, the ground is level at the foot of the cross." ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Jamie George

[tblaberge]

A man who focuses on the dark, when holding a lantern, instead of what the light provides, is bound to trip and fall. We must not look into the corners of darkness when we have the light of truth in our lives, for we are called into the light of God and that is the only source that will guide us, and others, home.

T.B. LaBerge // Go Now (via tblaberge)

[breanna-lynn]

Your soul will sing again.

Some days are really hard. Some nights, you feel literal pain in your heart and sob into your pillow with an empty ache in your chest. You hurt in ways only you and God understand. In difficult times, you don’t have to pretend like things don’t suck. You don’t have to try to pull your crap together so other people won’t see you struggle and misjudge you because it is clear you’re not doing your best. Be honest. Be raw. Feel the depths of that.

Feel it, because it is real. But know the way you are feeling now is not ultimate truth. That is what you have to refocus on when you fall apart and life sucks. Truth re-anchors you. You can choose to not let those emotions dictate your actions. Feel it, own it, and then take that and do something with it that doesn’t pull you down permanently. Don’t let the weight of your struggle drown you. You gotta let it go to God and hold on to Him. And trust even more that He has you in His care.

David in his most downcast state asked his soul “why are you so downcast within me?” It wasn’t that he didn’t know. Oh, he knew all the reasons. He was more saying, hey, why don’t you stop being so downcast. You know joy is better.

But he was honest before God and he was honest with himself. And I think that is the first step to recognizing okay, this is where I am. I am at the bottom right now. This is a low. But God is with me. And God has not changed.

And in that place, David decided to put his hope in God. He knew where his hope was. He declared to himself that he would praise his Savior; his soul would sing again. That is faith even when you feel the opposite.

No matter how downcast, how discouraged your soul gets, put your hope in God. Your soul will sing again.

“Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.” - David, Psalm 42:11

[howtofightloneliness]

And God must be a pretty big fan of today, because you keep waking up to it. You have made known your request for a hundred different yesterdays, but the sun keeps rising on this thing that has never been known. Yesterday is dead and over. Wrapped in grace. Those days are grace. You are still alive, and today is the most interesting day. Today is the best place to live.

Jamie Tworkowski, If You Feel Too Much (via howtofightloneliness)

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[jdeun3-deactivated20220110]

To have found God and still to pursue Him is the soul’s paradox of love.

A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God (via livinghislife)

[explore-everywhere]

this is a question i’ve asked myself countless times as of late. when a situation is stressful and i’m about to let myself freak out, i take a step back and ask myself: “is this situation really going to matter in a year?” if not, i shrug it off. if so, i take appropriate steps to correct the situation and move on. i’m not perfect, but this one question has helped me immensely. why worry? why get angry? why be miserable? the things we get upset about on a daily basis most likely won’t matter a week from now, let alone a year from now. perspective is key. don’t sweat the small stuff, and the big stuff won’t seem as scary.

[explore-everywhere]

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