contented heart

"If I am contented because I have what I desire, perhaps I am contented in that one thing, but that one thing does not furnish me with contentment in another thing; perhaps I may grow more dainty and nice and froward in other things. If you give children what they want in some things, they grow so much the more coy and dainty and discontented if they cannot have other things that they want. But if I have once overcome my heart, and am contented through the grace of God in my heart, then this makes me content not only in one particular but in general, whatever befalls me. "
- The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment - Jeremiah Burroughs

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yawn and stretch
I just spent and hour-ish...way too long on any account searching for human connections with common interest, beginning with favorite authors. I quit since the majority of those who have like taste in literature as I are aither 251 years old or live in Singapore. I guess I will have to stick to you beautiful people I already know. Here's to a glorious fall and a delightful brunch at a country creamery tomorrow with a precious friend.

jesus rescue me

Well, sometimes my life just don't make sense at all
When the mountains look so big and my faith just seems so small
So hold me Jesus, 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won't You be my Prince of Peace

And I wake up in the night and feel the dark
It's so hot inside my soul I swear there must be blisters on my heart
So hold me Jesus, 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won't You be my Prince of Peace

Surrender don't come natural to me
I'd rather fight You for something I don't really want
Than to take what You give that I need
And I've beat my head against so many walls
Now I'm falling down, I'm falling on my knees

And this Salvation Army band Is playing this hymn
And Your grace rings out so deep It makes my resistance seem so thin
So hold me Jesus, 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won't You be my Prince of Peace

You have been King of my glory
Won't You be my Prince of Peace

- rich mullins

Jesus I need you to be bigger than me today.
Break these chains that hold me down.
Trade my selfishness for the life of Your Spirit
Increase my passion for you.
Let it outweigh everything else.

sovereignty

"One can never see, or not till long afterwards, why any one was selected for any job. And when one does, it is usually some reason that leaves no room for vanity. Certainly, it is never for what the man himself would have regarded as his chief qualifications."

My favorite excerpt from the Silent Planet - in The Space Trilogy by C. S. Lewis. An extraordinary read. I think I get it in overview, but in actuality I'm sure I comprehend very little. It stretched my thinking and caused me to consider eternal culture from a new and yet deeper perspective. Even if you wouldn't consider science-fiction your preference....try it. It's completely unique. After all it's C. S. Lewis.