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Blessings of the Future Kingdom
Having missed most of church today, it was time to do a study on my own. Based in part on Mark 1:15: https://flic.kr/p/gsQp7e Blessings of the Future Kingdom by Michael Romani Living in a world that is broken Standing on … Continue reading
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Tagged Abound, Anew, Answer, Beatitudes, Blessing, Bliss, Broken, Come, Cry, Days, Digory Tree, End of Days, Eyes, Faith, Father, Future, Glory, Greet, Heart, His, Immortality, Joy, Keys, Kingdom, Know, Live, Lord, Mark 1:15, Mustard Seed, Near, Need, One Eye, Pass, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Premises, Promises, Reality, Respond, Seldom, Sin, Sorrow, Spoken, Sunrise, Tears, Tomorrow, Ways, Wilderness, World
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First Principles: Lawmakers Who Attempt To Take the Property of the People Are At War With the People
“Whenever legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further … Continue reading
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Tagged Absolve, Arbitrary Power, Destroy, Endeavor, First Principles, John Locke, Legislator, Obedience, Property, Reduce, Slavery, State of War, Take Away, The People
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Thought For the Day: In the Right Hands, Everything That You Give, You Get
“In a true partnership, the kind worth striving for, the kind worth insisting on, and even, frankly, worth divorcing over, both people try to give as much or even a little more than they get. ‘Deserves’ is not the point. … Continue reading
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Tagged Add, Amy Bloom, Deserve, Get, Give, Happiness, Happy, Insist, Owe, Partnership, Point, Right Hands, Strive, Thought For the Day, True, Worth
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Approached Threshold
When you approach sacred places and times and spaces do you appreciate the transformative moment you are in? Approached Threhold by Michael Romani Growing up in the present age We are encouraged to seek after sages Seeking our shifts in … Continue reading
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Tagged Age, Approach, Collide, Driven, Embrace, Encourage, Fight, Found, Ground, Grow Up, Hand, Heart, Ideas, Information, Inner, Journey, Love, Navigate, Nervous, Offer, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Point of View, Pursue, Realization, Respective, Reverent, Sage, Scold, Self Actualization, Service, Share, Shift, Spark, Speed of Sound, Surrender, Tender, Threshold, Told, Transform, Transformation, Travel, Truth, Unfold, Vibration, Voyager
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The Veil Falls
That first sight. You heart either implodes into the chemistry of it all. Or, you sink into yourself and wonder at the missing spark. Still, what an amazing concept to be resting in words alone and faith that true love … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Bended Knee, Bliss, Butterfly, Down, Dreams, Excite, Expect, Fall, Feel, Figure of Speech, First of Show, First Sight, First Time, Happiness, Honest, Invite, Kiss, Knots, Magic, Melt, Neglect, Nervous, Other, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Promises, Reach, Ready, Real, Right, See, Soul, Spiral, Steady, Stir, Touch, True Beauty, Tumble, Veil
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First Principles: It Is Better To Be Despised For Simplicity Than To Be Tormented By Continual Hypocrisy
“Virtue runs no risk of becoming contemptible by being exposed to view, and it is better to be despised for simplicity than to be tormented by continual hypocrisy.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-AD 65) Bloomberg’s dismissive statements against farmers … Continue reading
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Tagged Better, Contempt, Continue, Despise, Expose, First Principles, Hypocrisy, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Simplicity, Torment, View, Virtue
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Thought For the Day: Those To Whom Evil Is Done, Do Evil In Return
“I and the public know / What all schoolchildren learn, / Those to whom evil is done / Do evil in return.” – W.H. Auden, poet (21 Feb 1907-1973) It might be better phrased that it’s best to act and … Continue reading
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Tagged Do, Done, Evil, I, Learn, Public, Return, Schoolchildren, Thought For the Day, WH Auden
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Casted Cares
A short devotional poem based on a short pier side devotional attended last night with Desiree: Casted Cares by Michael Romani Elijah spent his time of testing Spent in the crucible never resting Time spent alone where he confides Talking … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Amen, Capable, Care, Cast, Christ, Confide, Crucible, Decision, Desiree, Destiny, Devotional, Discern, Elijah, End, Friend, God, Inside, Journey, Learn, Life, Lord, Meaning, Moment, Patience, Photograph, Plan, Poem, Poetry, Praise, Provision, Purpose, Right, Sermon, Tear, Test, Time, Trial, Trust, Walk, Wept, Yearn
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