Words
Reading is a wonderful thing. That the thoughts of men now long dead, and the visions of others I may never meet, are available to me without regard to time and distance… that I may know, without conversation, another’s ideas and hopes and dreams… to obtain knowledge and encounter truth… to learn, to grow, to imagine… to find worlds condensed, and world-changing concepts expounded, in otherwise meaningless squiggles inked upon a page… Is this not a wonderful thing?
When God tells you to “wax on, wax off”, you don’t know what He’s teaching you.
Eric Mason (@pastoremase)(Source: yeadoc, via dawhistleblower)
To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
These words [Isaiah 58:6-7] describe a people and a society characterized by justice, fairness, and a concern for the poor. They portray not just a personal ethic but also a community ethic. The reference to “break[ing] every yoke” suggests that any system, law, or practice that is unjust must be broken— whether personal, social, political, or economic.
Rich Stearns, President, World Vision US
Wow.
Joseph Mobutu, then Colonel and Army Commander (soon to be Dictator) and Patrice Lumumba, then newly-elected Prime Minister (soon to be assassinated), shortly after civil war broke out in Congo in 1960.
Screencap taken from the film “Lumumba” (c) JBA films
Awakening.
Politics
Oh Africa, Mama Africa
Why you marry these bad men?
See how they beat your children
Take your things
And sell them to their friends.
And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
Micah 6:8
Revelation (fragment)
Light so bright
You see clear through your eyelids,
Thoughts aglow inside your head.
And even the deepest parts
Of all mens hearts
Are made at last
Plain as their faces.
I believe in Jesus. That means I believe less and less in money, good looks, success, popularity and all the other stuff people say will bring you security and happiness. I believe less and less in my own ability to run my life. The more I believe in Him, the less I need anything else.
Lee Younger (via leeyounger)
Forget the idea that you have one big chance to get things right. To your breakup God says, “Behold, I make all things new.” To the bad grade He says, “I make firm the steps of the one who delights in me”. To the one with plans that are utterly failing, God says, “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it’s the LORD’s purpose that prevails.
Unka Glen (unkaglen.tumblr.com)
