I'm very uglySo don't try to convince me thatI am a very beautiful personBecause at the end of the dayI hate myself in every single wayAnd I'm not going to lie to myself by sayingThere is beauty inside of me that mattersSo rest assured I will remind myselfThat I am a...
Normal day,let me be aware of the treasure you are.Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart.Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow.Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so.One day I shall dig my nails into...
It always helps to have people we love beside us when we have to do difficult things in life.
Love life. Engage in it.Give it all you've got.Love it witha passion because lifereally does give back,many times over,what you put into it.
Yearly reminder: There is no resolution that, if kept, will make you more worthy of love. You, as your actual self, and not as some made-up ideal, are already worthy.
God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love. from Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
Telling people that God loves them is good theology. Showing people that you love them is what transforms the world.
If you wake up at 3:00 in the morning, still angry about something you saw on social media, and if, in the heat of the moment, you reach for your smart phone, take off the safety, and switch the setting to all caps, stop and ask yourself: W.W.J.T? (“What would Jesus...
You are holy, Lord, the only God,and Your deeds are wonderful…You are Good, all Good,supreme Good,Lord God, living and true.You are love.You are wisdom.You are humility.You are endurance.You are rest.You are peace.You are joy and gladness.You are justice and...
I believe that we can only safely read Scripture—which is a dangerous book in the wrong hands—if we are somehow sharing in the divine gaze of love. A life of prayer helps us develop a third eye that can read between the lines and find the golden thread which is moving...