The Christian is not a Stoic. Neither does he flee into a fantasy world that denies the reality of suffering.
S.T.O.P. = Start To Open Possibilities
No two persons can learn something and experience it in the same way.
Don't make prayer a consistent battle, but rather constantly pray against life's battles.
The exercise of imagination is dangerous to those who profit from the way things are because it has the power to show that the way things are is not permanent, not universal, not necessary. Having tha...
He shall rule, whom they look not for that dwell upon the earth, and the fowls shall take their flight away together:
Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.
Forgiveness is a transformative act because it asks you to be a more empathetic and compassionate person, thereby making you better than the person you were when you were first hurt.
Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice.
If your success is not amazing to your critics, it disturbs, infuriates, and frustrates them, and if they're not careful; may go hang themselves and go to hell.
I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.