#assent

[apesoformythoughts]

Saint Augustine’s “proto-grammar of assent”:

From this time on I found myself preferring the Catholic doctrine, realising that it acted more modestly and honestly in requiring things to be believed which could not be proved—whether they were in themselves provable though not by this or that person, or were not provable at all—than the Manichees who derided credulity and made impossible promises of certain knowledge, and then called upon men to believe so many utterly fabulous and absurd things because they could not be demonstrated. Next, Lord, with gentle and most merciful hand You worked upon my heart and rectified it. I began to consider the countless things I believed which I had not seen, or which had happened with me not there—so many things in the history of nations, so many facts about places and cities which I had never seen, so many things told me by friends, by doctors, by this man, by that man: and unless we accepted these things, we should do nothing at all in this life. Most strongly of all it struck me how firmly and unshakeably I believed that I was born of a particular father and mother, which I could not possibly know unless I believed it upon the word of others. [Confessions: VI-V]

[sacramentocannabisdeliveryca]

[consciousastromancy]

7 Clear Functions of the Mind

1. CHOICE.............to do and think right

2. REFUSAL.................of temptation

3. YEARNING...........to be better

4. REPULSION.................of negativity, of bad influences, of what isn’t true

5. PREPARATION....................for what lies ahead

6. PURPOSE...............our guiding principle and highest priority

7. ASSENT..............to be free of deception about what’s inside and outside our control (and to be ready to accept the latter)

[howifeltabouthim]

'Is there any chance at all that you still feel—' 'I do.' 'So do I,' she said. They had understood each other perfectly. 'I love you.' 'So do I. I love you too.' 'Will you marry me?' 'Yes.'

Mary Balogh, from The Last Waltz

[vivaciousvernacular]

Ascent! Because... flight surgeon! Get it? Get it?

Jokes aside, it should still be assent.

ascent - A rise upward, as in climbing or flying.

assent - The expression of approval or agreement.

[incourages]

Assent

I must admit I want you to go now I didn’t ask you to express an opinion

CROW Series – #002

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[j-august]

After all there could be no such great difficulty for a young married couple to live on £800 a year, with a house and garden of their own. There would be no carriage and no man servant till,—till old Mr. Maule was dead. The suggestion as to the ultimate and desirable haven was wrapped up in ambiguous words. "The property must be yours some day," suggested Lady Chiltern. "If I outlive my father." "We take that for granted; and then, you know—" So Lady Chiltern went on, dilating upon a future state of squirearchal bliss and rural independence. Adelaide was enthusiastic; but Gerard Maule,—after he had assented to the abandonment of his hunting, much as a man assents to being hung when the antecedents of his life have put any option in the matter out of his power,—had sat silent and almost moody while the joys of his coming life were described to him.

Anthony Trollope, Phineas Redux

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Divine creation of the universe is not less rational than the other alternatives, but it does demand more of us. If it’s true, it’s not just an abstract theory asking for our intellectual assent; it’s a Person asking for our whole selves. It’s an invitation to relationship, and relationships require sacrifice, commitment, and trust.

Ravi Zacharias