January 2011
2 posts
I have to ask... →
This is important to me and I had to post it. Question your motives about your Christianity. It also ties in with what I wanted to ask today, What’s your motivation? I was working on…
Life's "hard" but... →
Of course everything’s hard & unfair. How else would there be so many opportunities to change & so many ways to see a person for who they truly are? Anyone could seem cool if things always go their…
November 2010
6 posts
Coach Larry Gelwix, Forever Strong (2008) →
I want you to be forever strong on the field so you’ll be forever strong off the field. Kia kaha—forever strong.
Romans 5:6-8 (New International Version) →
You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die….
Angel Brohawn →
If you are not prepared to admit to your child that you are not the birth parent, then you are not prepared to deal with the child’s BEST INTEREST. If you are not prepared to sit down with your child…
Tweet Response on Apostasy @SeasonsofGrace →
@SeasonsOfGrace tweeted something earlier and I re-tweeted at first but decided it’d go better here because a lot of people wouldn’t even know what the tweet means or…
Gene Patterson →
It is sad that a NEWS organization would have to curtail the Twitter interaction of PROFESSIONAL WRITERS, but it is also sad that a professional writer would try to get involved in a discussion of…
Revolutionary Died ((perf. by Sho Baraka)) →
I got some tragic news today
What’s that?
Real manhood has died, they say
But you can wipe your tears away
A revolution has formed
Another will be born
I got some tragic news today
What’s…
September 2010
14 posts
Christina Butler →
Everybody hurts. Not everybody learns but everyone can love.
GiveMore →
Work is not a job. Work is how we make our lives and world better. Givemore.com, AboutUs
Brisa Fresca: 50 Ways to Become the Answer to Our... →
Fast for the 2 billion people who live on less than a dollar a day.
Contact your local crisis pregnancy center and invite a pregnant woman to live with your family.
Ask your pastor if someone on your church’s sick list would like a visit.
Join an open AA meeting and befriend someone there.
…
lovegivesmehope:
Today, I woke up to a girl screaming for me and the other apartment residents to get out because there was a fire. All 17 residents made it out alive. I found out that this girl is deaf, extremely terrified of fire, didn’t know any of us, and lived across the street. Her Love for strangers that she’s never met GMH.
After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and...
– Veronica A. Shoffstall (via 107days.tumblr.com) (via quote-book)
Sometimes I wish that I could live without...
(via theblogyoulove)
So many exist without living
Joe Caruso – New Media Producer: Please join us... →
Please join us for our rally against the Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero on September 11, at 3PM at Park Place and West Broadway in lower Manhattan. *Please Bring Flags, Not Signs. If you think that this push for a Ground Zero Mosque is highly insensitive, I am asking you to come…
(Skipped day 8) Day Nine: Two smileys that...
1- [laughing]
2- [jumping]
His Righteousness →
I’ve been blogging about our righteousness being as filthy rags. I’ve discovered/realized another dimension for my understanding of righteousness. We know it’s not our righteousness that we need but
Joseph Prince →
Beloved, seeking God’s righteousness means that you see Jesus as someone who knew no sin but became sin for you, so that He could give you His righteousness and make you the righteousness of God in…
August 2010
29 posts
Proverbs 18:2 (New International Version) →
A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions.
Valorie Burton →
You know, there is a big difference between being busy and being fruitful.
Pastor James Barker →
It’s interesting how the world thinks that they have got all the answers and yet they turn their backs on the Word of God which has all of the answers.
Christina Butler →
I believe in life, and it’s not that I am against choice but if you are choosing between life and death, God says to choose life. Just A Girl blog post, Please visit silentday.org
Heard it before or heard it once more?? →
Heyy, beautiful people!! Thank you for following and reading Inspiraquote. Many of you have blogs of your own, and I follow my followers because you are awesome and I have respect for anyone who…
Day Seven: Four turn offs.
1- Smoking/drinking alcohol/doing drugs/having bad breath
2- Arrogance/ignorance/disrespect
3- Lack of self-control/over-indulgence/greed/lust
Day Six: Five people who mean a lot (in no order...
1- God
2- Jesus
3- The Holy Spirit
4- me
5- you
Day Five: Six things you wish you’d never done.
1- Felt insecure about a body God created and took sinful measures to try to feel secure w/ this body God created.
2- Kicked Russell the last time I saw him before he drowned :(
3- Held my tongue when He deserved glory.
4- Started dating before I wanted to be with a person…and before my parents said I should.
5- Ate that 2nd plate of mac n cheese Thanksgiving ‘03.
6- Abused...
Day Four: Seven things that cross your mind alot.
1- I neeed chocolate!
2- Ugh not another headache!
3- I can’t wait to (insert some future goal/far-fetched dream).
4- I wanna marry him…((5 minutes later))…I hate him!
5- Yay, (insert name of a television show I’ve been waiting to see)!
6- I need a Jobbbbb.
7- I feel fat. Stop being such a fatty.
Jeremiah 2:13 (New International Version) →
My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
Anatole France →
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
Albert Einstein →
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
Top 8 Reasons To Now Avoid Facebook →
Not very long ago, I was supporting the Facebook social network. Now, I feel like this: “It went from being a confusing nuisance to a best friend and even, at times, a lifeline” then right back to…
Day Three: Eight ways to win your heart.
1- Tell me something that uplifts me. This tells me your mind is in the right place and also that you care much about how you treat me. That’s respectable. Do something for me that does nothing for you but to be able to see me smile again.
2- Listen to me and don’t make fun of me unless it’s not at all to make fun of me.
3- Walk with me and stay at my side as much as...
William Arthur Ward →
To laugh is to risk appearing a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out for another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk rejection. To place your dreams...
David Carradine →
If you cannot be a poet, be the poem.
Helen Keller →
Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.
William Butler Yeats →
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.
God will honor your faith because your faith honors God.
– Beverly Early, Living in Glory With Pastors Bill and Beverly Earley, WHT channel
Day Two: Nine things about yourself.
1- Born 3/6/89. It was a snowy Monday morning, at 12:10 AM and already had 3 adolescent sisters and an older brother. That makes me a 21-year-old 80s/90s baby. Try me.
2- I feel like all of that was TMI but hey, it’s basic info..o wellz lol
3- I much prefer Christian broadcasting rather than Lifetime but could end up watching either for the entire day and not even realize it. Speaking...
Above all, God is love and His Spirit gives joy... →
Take time to turn off the television (and music and other entertainment) and, in said time, do all that you’ve put off, and maintain a mindset of worshiping all the while. We have but so much time…
I Deem you to Move and Be Still →
We have probably all, at one time or another, felt the way I did when I expressed the following sentiments so let’s share and add encouraging words to follow.
— “Am I wrong for not even trying,…
Day One: Ten things you want to say to ten...
1- Why aren’t you speaking to me? Honestly, I’ve been sooo busy and you have no idea the stress I’ve felt, which is strange since I tell you just about everything but even in all I’ve been dealing with, I still am thinking about you. You’re dead wrong 4 not showing me the same consideration that you know I give you. 3 years for what? 3 years my butt.
2- You’re...
ten day challenge
likeincense:
10 DAY CHALLENGE.
Day One: Ten things you want to say to ten different people right now.
Day Two: Nine things about yourself.
Day Three: Eight ways to win your heart.
Day Four: Seven things that cross your mind alot.
Day Five: Six things you wish you’d never done.
Day Six: Five people who mean a lot (in no order whatsoever) Day Seven: Four turn offs.
Day Eight: Three turn...
The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be...
– Jonathan Edwards (via tylersaldana) (via derekthornton)
Stranger than Fiction: ENLIGHTENED PERSPECTIVE: ... →
afaithjourney:
I’ve learned…. That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person. I’ve learned….. That when you’re in love, it shows. I’ve learned…. That just one person saying to me, ‘You’ve made my day!’ makes my day.
I’ve learned…. That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world. I’ve learned…. That being...