It’s better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.
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Anand Thakur
It’s better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.
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Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.
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We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.
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One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
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Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
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God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.
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A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.
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Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.
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Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.
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The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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