The Anxious Admin

Ramblings of a anxious network administrator trying to focus his life on being like Christ

[jspark3000]

To truly believe what happened on the cross —

— is the only sort of love that could move us, melt us, make us more than this torn earth.

I never want to get over what He did.

I want to be moved.

— J.S.

[jspark3000]

Injustice requires our outrage and compassion. Outrage for the wound, compassion for the wounded. We do both.

J.S. (via jspark3000)

[yesdarlingido]

When Peter says, “Respect your wives because they are co-heirs,” what the husbands were being asked to do is to lay down their rights and privileges for their wives. To lift up and empower the powerless, while forgoing their own power. This is a feminist affront to the popular thought of their society, so it’s ironic that so many of us have looked at this passage and seen it through an oppressive lens because when we take the time to peer into the cultural context, we see how liberating Peter’s message is in the way it seeks to affirm women’s autonomy as a new creation.

Noelle Dealy, Living In Mutual Submission (via yesdarlingido)

[littlekettle]

[inmyafricaa]

Pray when you don’t want to. When “you don’t have time”. When you’re “too busy”. Pray until you love it. Pray until you can’t sleep unless you do. Pray until it’s no longer a chore, but a need. Pray until you feel the joy and humility in prostrating to your creator.

[yeahmicah]

Listen to me.

Whoever you are, God made you wonderfully complex and uniquely flawed for His glory. Revel in that, and recognize your worth and identity as a child of the King.

[goddaily]

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[worshipgifs]

Too often as Christians the immediate response is ‘God, get me out of this desert.’ when it should be ‘God, teach me in this desert.’

56/365 reasons to pray | Jacinta Nest (via worshipgifs)

[yesdarlingido]

Beware of Destination Addiction—a preoccupation with the idea that happiness is in the next place, the next job, or with the next partner. Until you give up the idea that happiness is somewhere else, it will never be where you are.

(via yesdarlingido)

[jspark3000]

The Greek word for “encouragement” in the New Testament means to “come alongside” or to engage. It’s two words smushed together. The single form of the word means you say something nice from far off, like “good luck.” But with the addition of the extra word, it means to draw in and fight together. The word had a military connotation, because when a Roman unit of soldiers lost morale, the commander would “come alongside” the soldiers and inspire them. In the same way, the Holy Spirit is called the “Encourager,” and He comes alongside us to fight this fight together. He is not far off but with us in the fray, the commander come down to reside in our soldier hearts.

J.S. (via jspark3000)

[jspark3000]

[theanxiousadmin-blog]

jspark3000:“When you have a problem with your parents, the pastor, the boss, the teacher, the blogger, your friend — Most of us try talking with them once, and then we give up. Me included. We...

[colinquinn]

[jspark3000]

You are loved.

You might have heard that a million times, but it’s no less true.

You do have a Creator. He is with you. He is bigger than your situation and closer than your deepest hurt. He’s not mad. He is cheering for you and rooting for you this very second. He’s okay about...

[jspark3000]

Anonymous asked:

I’m 27 years old and I’ve never had a boyfriend. I’ve only dated once but that didn’t go so well. I’ve prayed and I’ve prayed and I’ve asked God for my significant other but honestly sometimes I feel as if God doesn’t hear me. Which then causes my heart...

[goddaily]

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[theanxiousadmin-blog]

Horror: Violent mob of topless pro-abort feminists attacks praying men defending cathedral (VIDEO)

The women spray-painted the men’s crotches and faces and put swastikas on their chests and foreheads and performed obscene sexual acts in front of them.

[emilycoffman-deactivated2015021]

God does not live in a perpetual state of disappointment over who we are.

Stasi Eldredge  (via tblaberge)