"Republished from June 30th, 2013"
"When you find a spark of grace in the heart, kneel down and blow it into a flame. Leave the young believer to discover the roughness of the road by degrees, but tell him of the strength which dwells in God, of the sureness of the promise, and of the charms of communion with Christ. Aim to comfort the sorrowful, and to animate the desponding. Speak a word in season to him that is weary, and encourage those who are fearful to go on their way with gladness."
Someone was asking me the other day what my pet peeves were. I quickly answered "hypocrisy, bravado, dishonestly and narcissism."
Mankind has just as soon devised a curious measure of strength. Though the last 50 years we have witnessed this emergence of a clichéd hyper-masculinity, one that has expunged the presence of literary, social and philosophical presence from the heart of a masculine ideal.
Mankind has just as soon devised a curious measure of strength. Though the last 50 years we have witnessed this emergence of a clichéd hyper-masculinity, one that has expunged the presence of literary, social and philosophical presence from the heart of a masculine ideal.
I was commenting to a friend last night that I don't feel much as changed over the last 30 years. sure, some of the mechanics, roles & responsibilities and outlooks have changed, but it terms of the state of being I currently hold, things are largely the same. I'ma third generation hand on the ground guy. to clarify, being a hand on the ground guy is a man who's not afraid to stick his hand in the dirt, get closer to the ground to get the job done. What types of thing are left to do to become a man more after God's design?
"Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint." - Isaiah 40:28-31
"Not by might nor by power but by my Spirit" - Zechariah 4:6
"Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint." - Isaiah 40:28-31
"Not by might nor by power but by my Spirit" - Zechariah 4:6
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