1. living the everyday

    The apostle Paul saw heaven, but told the Thessalonians that a life that pleased God included living quietly, minding one’s business, and working diligently (1 Thessalonians 4:11). “We like to speak and act out of the rare moments of inspiration,” says Os Guinness, “[but Jesus] requires our obedience in the routine, the unseen, and the thankless.”

     
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  3. set fire to the rain

    “…Burning the pain and getting rid of it and demolishing it…and its sort of like a liberating song because you know when you break up and the other person who you’ve left or who has left you knows how much you love them and they try and make your life hell and make it so that you can never get over them by constantly being in touch…its kind of like that and its about taking it into your own hands and just saying go away f*** off” (Adele)

    “Setting fire to the rain, for me is about doing the impossible. I believe that when she was leaving this manipulative person, she was still in love with him and therefore breaking it off was as powerful and as hard as setting fire to the rain.
    The fire continued to burn and destroy the relationship while she cried and mourned the loss. The main theme of the song, as I see it, is the powerful conflict of leaving a person that is bad for you while you still love them.
    In the end of the song she admits that it is over but she is still longing for the man she left… But again she repeats the chorus to finalize her decision to be brave enough to face something, to confront it and to walk away from it.” (Anonymous)

    No wonder she won 6 Grammys.

     
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  7. something to remember

    Sometimes life holds moments—and even needs— too deep for words. Not all silence comes from a desire to hide or pretend we’ve got life together. The reasons may be varied: Perhaps we feel the need to keep a rightful confidence or find that speaking puts another’s reputation at unnecessary risk. Other times, we fail to find sufficient wording to express the longing of our heart. Whatever the reason, from such a trial we learn that some places cannot be reached by human voice until we’ve surrendered to the divine.

    … Able to bring life from barrenness, the God who heard Hannah’s cries is the same God today. Rest in His presence even as you acknowledge His sovereign ways.

     
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  9. 3 cuts in 6 days. I’m such a clumsy f-tard. Time to bring antiseptic cream to the office.

     
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