By: Ellen G. White To Meet the Demands of Fashion—In our day, people talk of the dark ages, and boast of progress. But with this progress wickedness and crime do not decrease. We deplore the absence of natural simplicity, and the increase of artificial display. Health, strength, beauty, and long life, which were common inContinue reading “Extravagance”
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Words to spice up the week
“Glory lies in the attempt to reach one’s goal and not in reaching it.”-Gandhi
Margaret Atwood: Part II
“I’m not used to girls, or familiar with their customs. I feel awkward around them, I don’t know what to say. I know the unspoken rules of boys, but with girls I sense that I am always on the verge of some unforeseen, calamitous blunder.”-Margaret Atwood, Cat’s Eye “Why is it we want so badlyContinue reading “Margaret Atwood: Part II”
Margaret Atwood:Part I
“The past has become discontinuous, like stones skipped across water, like postcards: I catch an image of myself, a dark blank, an image, a blank.” -Margaret Atwood, Cat’s Eye (322) “Knowing too much about other people puts you in their power, they have a claim on you, you are forced to understand their reasons for doingContinue reading “Margaret Atwood:Part I”
The name: Part II
“I came to Him because I did not know which way to turn. I have remained with Him because there is no other way I wish to turn. I came to Him longing for something I did not have. I remain with Him because I have something I will not trade. I came to HimContinue reading “The name: Part II”
Providence
By: Gabriela Yareliz From the Merriem-Webster Dictionary: Providence: noun \ˈprä-və-dən(t)s, -ˌden(t)s\ 1 a]often capitalized:divine guidance or care b]capitalized: God conceived as the power sustaining and guiding human destiny D] It is written Jamal Malik: “Maybe it’s written”. Slumdog Millionaire (2008). For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saithContinue reading “Providence”
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
“I just know there is God. He has strange ways of charting things in my life.” Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Faith; No fear
By: Gabriela Yareliz “We are not here to be overcome, but to rise unvanquished after every knockout blow, and laugh the laugh of faith, not fear.” -Amy Carmichael “Perhaps some future day Lord, Thy strong hand will lead me to a place where I must stand utterly alone. Alone, O gracious Love but for Thee;Continue reading “Faith; No fear”
Quotes
By: Gabriela Yareliz “Jesus reveals to you who you really are; but He also reveals to you who you ought to be.”-Ravi Zacahrias “There is never an excuse to kill someone for your beliefs… do you want to mock Jesus—Don’t worry, He can take it.” -Pastor Tony Romeo “Some of the greatest minds that ever livedContinue reading “Quotes”
Desires
By: Gabriela Yareliz Taken from the writings of Ellen G. White. “Ask, then; ask, and ye shall receive. Ask for humility, wisdom, courage, increase of faith. To every sincere prayer an answer will come. It may not come just as you desire, or at the time you look for it; but it will come inContinue reading “Desires”
GABRIELA YARELIZ 