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"O God, be Thou exalted over my possessions. Nothing of earth’s treasures shall seem dear unto me if only Thou art glorified in my life. Be Thou exalted over my friendships. I am determined that Thou shalt be above all, though I must stand deserted and alone in the midst of the earth. Be Thou exalted above my comforts. Though it mean the loss of bodily comforts and the carrying of heavy crosses I shall keep my vow made this day before Thee. Be Thou exalted over my reputation. Make me ambitious to please Thee even if as a result I must sink into obscurity and my name be forgotten as a dream. Rise, O Lord, into Thy proper place of honor, above my ambitions, above my likes and dislikes, above my family, my health and even my life itself. Let me decrease that Thou mayest increase, let me sink that Thou mayest rise above. Ride forth upon me as Thou didst ride into Jerusalem mounted upon the humble little beast, a colt, the foal of an ass, and let me hear the children cry to Thee, “Hosanna in the highest."
–A.W Tozer - The Pursuit of God -
May 10thThere is no greater joy this side of eternity that a man can either find, grasp, or stumble upon than being a father and husband. No job or achievement can bring such fulfillment, nor will their joys ever last. Being a father and husband glimpses the Lord’s heart; sustaining us, liberating us, and ultimately defining us.
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"Important as it is that we recognize God working in us, I would yet warn against a too-great preoccupation with the thought. It is a sure road to sterile passivity. God will not hold us responsible to understand the mysteries of election, predestination and the divine sovereignty. The best and safest way to deal with these truths is to raise our eyes to God and in deepest reverence say, “O Lord, Thou knowest.” Those things belong to the deep and mysterious Profound of God’s omniscience. Prying into them may make theologians, but it will never make saints."
–AW Tozer - The Pursuit of God -
Today’s been a strange “grumpy heart” sort of day. Lord Jesus have mercy.
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"People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway. If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway. What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway. Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.
In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.
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Reason To Sing by All Sons and Daughters
This album was just released a few days ago. It’s representation of the journey that our church body has been on. It’s beautiful. I’d recommend you take a listen. It may just stir your soul.
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I’ve been thinking
I’ve been thinking about whether or not to keep my old posts here. Most of them are from twitter from a long time ago when I had my tweets autopost to tumblr. I couldn’t tell you why I did that, but I did.
Last week I changed the title of this blog to “bookmarks are for chumps” in hopes that it would refocus my thoughts on what I’d like to use tumblr for. I’ve been known to create blogs and websites without any direction for them and in doing so I’ve found that I’ve had great ideas, but no follow through. Unfortunately, I’m the same exact way when I pick up a new notebook. I love the smell and feel of new pages, the simple idea of something fresh and clean that hasn’t yet been muddled with the “wrong” thoughts and feelings. New notebooks have such potential. The problem I have is the follow through. I think I overthink a notebook a little too much. I value the pages so much that I fear that what I put in it will someday become subpar; unworthy of being in the notebook, chock full of other brilliant ideas. I’m trying to get over that.
This blog is for ideas. Incomplete thoughts. Little quotes and scattered ideas. I don’t intend to blog here. What you’ll find here are random pieces of puzzles that will be put together in other locations. Feel free to follow if you’d like.
And about those tweets; yes, they’re staying. They’ve been a part of a journey. I’d hate to look back and not see the road I’ve traveled.
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"We ought not weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed."
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Dang, I’m missing two tweets from the day… Where the crap did they go?!
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Left the music store with money still in my bank account. Miraculous!
Otherwise titled: "John Schuster's digital thought jungle; a place for scribbles, incomplete thoughts, ideas, inspirations and mustaches."
