Attempt something so big that unless God intervenes, it is bound to fail.

The glory of God is a man fully alive.

Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

“The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.”

“He that has an experience is not at the mercy of a man who merely has an argument.”

“Great faith is the product of great fights.
Great testimonies are the outcome of great tests.
Great triumphs only come out of great trials.”

If and when a horror turns up you will then be given Grace to help you. I don’t think one is usually given it in advance.

We can choose to remain in a sleepy sluggish state regretting what is not, or we can become alive and fully awake to what is good and true about our lives.

“The sixth deadly sin is named by the Church…Sloth. In the world it calls itself Tolerance; in hell it is called Despair… It is the sin which believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know nothing, interferes with nothing, enjoys nothing, loves nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose in nothing, lives for nothing, and only remains alive because there is nothing it would die for.”

The pathway is broken
The signs are unclear
I can’t find the reason why You led me here
But just because You love me the way that You do
I will go through the valley
If You want me to

Now I’m not who I was
When I took my first step
And I’m clinging to the promise
You’re not through with me yet
And if all of these trials can make me like You
I will go through the fire
If You want me to

It may not be the way I would have chosen
‘Cause it leads me through a world that’s not my home
But You never said it would be easy
Only that I’ll never go alone

When the whole world turns against me
And I’m all by myself
And I can’t hear You answer my cries for help
I’ll remember the suffering Your love put You through
And I will go through the valley
If You want me to

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