make it eucatastrophic

katherine // 21 // living by the greatest eucatastrophe

[walkthesame]

“I’m not afraid of the devil. He can’t handle the One to whom I’m joined.” -  A.W. Tozer #WTSInspire

[365christ]

[Suffering] teaches you not only to know and understand, but also to experience how right, how true, how sweet, how lovely, how mighty, how comforting God’s Word is, wisdom beyond all wisdom.

Martin Luther / The Legacy of Luther (via 365christ)

[365christ]

Luther: A Man of the Bible

/ The Legacy of Luther

[love-personal]

[stephaniegraceofficial]

He’s not asking you to never grieve again. He’s not asking you to never feel sorrow again; but you can feel sorrow and not feel hopeless and separate from the Father.

Melissa Helser (via stephaniegraceofficial)

[hdslibrary]

But Who Will Confess to Drawing the Dog?

We discovered these delightful “decorations” on a 16th century book discussing the topic of confession of sins.

Alas, sometimes the mind wanders.

Eisengrein, Martin, 1535-1578.   Confessionale : in quo vniuersa materia de confessione peccatorum apud Catholicos vstitata per quaestiones explicatur … / & editum a Martino Eisengrein …  Ingolstadii : Ex typographia Dauidis Sartorij, 1577.

[31women]

Anything that tells you not to come to Me is a lie.

love letters from my Father (via 31women)

[thou-mine-inheritance]

When that pernicious wound pops up yet again in your heart, pay attention: God wants to heal you on an even deeper level than last time. We sometimes think that one encounter with God’s love will heal us completely. But our wounds run deeper than we know, and God is patient.

Audrey Assad (via thou-mine-inheritance)

[madebyastarbreather-deactivated]

This must be why Paul emphatically exhorts us to “be transformed by the renewing of your mind” (Rom. 12:2, MEV). May I give you one final definition? It’s the word “renewing.” It means to “resume after an interruption.” In other words, Paul says it’s crucial that we get our minds back to the place before Satan interrupted it with his stinkin’ thinkin’.

Charisma Magazine / Kyle Winkler (via madebyastarbreather)

[thecreativechristianap]

If only I could turn for all my stubborn, scabbed, and hurt heart to desire and love eternal and gracious, loving Christ as intimately and over-flowingly as I love and cherish the most pure, innocent, wonderfully lovely things of this earthly life, my heart would be so free and feel the weight light yet joy of Him but yet know and stand steadfast in the truth of Him. This struggle is daily, but oh to Him who conquers our hearts with grace, our minds with truth of who He is, and the sacrificial, unconditional, overwhelming love He has for us, though we fail Him in the attempt to know Him more in righteousness and reflect His goodness daily. It is only through Him we are able to do all, to endure all, and to be transformed into His likeness, to know and desire Him wholly.

[pancettaamore-deactivated201703]

The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing to find the place where all the beauty came from.

CS Lewis, Till We Have Faces (via kvtes)

[thou-mine-inheritance]

Therefore, the “fear of man” must refer to a view of people (or a particular person or group of people) that causes you to elevate their importance, to hold them in awe, to crave their approval and to fear their disapproval. It is a situation in which your desire for their blessing amounts to adoration and worship, and in which you give some form of human approval the rights and power over your heart that only God should have.

Tim Keller (via thou-mine-inheritance)

[wordsnquotes]

Here is the simple truth about people: Love the ones you want to keep.

Iain Thomas

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I Wrote This For You and Only You

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[thou-mine-inheritance]

Elevating cultural propriety to the level of spiritual virtue leads Christians to a slavish emphasis on being culturally “nice” and “proper”, as well as promoting intolerant and prejudiced attitudes.

Tim Keller (via thou-mine-inheritance)

[thou-mine-inheritance]

Elevating cultural propriety to the level of spiritual virtue leads Christians to a slavish emphasis on being culturally “nice” and “proper”, as well as promoting intolerant and prejudiced attitudes.

Tim Keller (via thou-mine-inheritance)

[make-it-eucatastrophic-blog]

PREVIOUS POST WAS ABOUT SOMEONE I LOVE POSSIBLY COMING INTO RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST. Don't know why I didn't say that earlier. Anyways, I decided my ~best~ option was to worry about it. So I was scrolling through social media when this "Pray About It First" thing slid by my dash and I realized, yet again, how silly I am. So then there was that whole prayer thing going on with God and I and I just got bombarded by these times in the past I've said things that were FAR too brave to be my own words. Like, aiight, God, You've totally done this before, I get it, You're amazing. ☺️☺️☺️☺️

[make-it-eucatastrophic-blog]

You know when you ask God for something and He opens up that door and you're just like #oops ????? Yeah. That's where we're at. Everything's developing. Possibly. But I should be more aware of what I ask for *insert cry laughing emoji* Because this could be a very cool thing, I just feel far too timid. But whatever. If God can keep that door open, which I know He can, should He choose that, then He can use me in an area where I feel so insecure and lost. Ahhhh, whatevaaaa.